HC Deb 15 April 1983 vol 40 cc470-1W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Minister for Trade if he will list the regulations governing the use of private aeroplanes and the bodies responsible for their enforcement; and whether such regulations also apply to those planes owned and flown by persons in foreign countries when landing in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Sproat

The statutory instruments which regulate the use of all civil aircraft registered in the United Kingdom are:

  1. (i) The Air Navigation Order 1980.
  2. (ii) The Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control Regulations 1981.
  3. (iii) The Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1981.
  4. (iv) The Air Navigation (Noise Certification) Order 1979.
  5. (v) The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Atomic Energy Establishments) Regulations 1981.
  6. (vi) The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations 1969.
and insofar as they apply to such aircraft they apply wherever they may be.

The Civil Aviation Authority has statutory responsibility for the enforcement of these regulations. Except where the context requires otherwise, these regulations apply to any aircraft not on the British register whenever it is within the United Kingdom or on or in the neighbourhood of an offshore installation.