The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Remembrance Sunday) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/1140 |
2020 No. 1140
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Remembrance Sunday) Regulations 2020
Made 20thOctober 2020
Coming into force 8thNovember 2020
The Secretary of State has decided that it is in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of central London by reason of the holding of the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph, Central London.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016(1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Remembrance Sunday) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 8th November 2020.
Interpretation
2. In regulation 3(1) the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time(2).
Restricted airspace
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), between 1000 hours and 1200 hours on 8th November 2020, no aircraft is to fly below 2,500 feet above mean sea level within the area bounded by a circle having a radius of 2.5 nautical miles whose centre is at 513009N 0000734W.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft—
(a) operated by or on behalf of—
(i) the National Police Air Service,
(ii) the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services,
(iii) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, or
(b) making an approach to Runway 09 at London City Airport—
(i) at a height of not less than 1,500 feet above mean sea level and to the east of a line running true north to true south through 513030N 0000514W (London Bridge), and
(ii) whilst under the control of the air traffic control unit at London City Airport or London Terminal Control, Swanwick, or
(c) making an approach to or departure from the London Heliport, Battersea—
(i) to the west of a line running true north to true south through 512852N 0001018W (Battersea Bridge), and
(ii) whilst under the control of the air traffic control unit at London Heliport or London Terminal Control, Swanwick, or
(d) flying in accordance with the permission of the Metropolitan Police Service.
(3) For the duration of these restrictions of flying the use of Helicopter Route H4 contained within the area is not permitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
20th October 2020 |
David J Best Grade 7 Department for Transport |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions on flying in the airspace above London during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at...
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