Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Triathlon Event, Strathclyde Country Park, North Lanarkshire Prohibited Zone) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st May 2014.

Interpretation

2.  All times referred to in these Regulations are Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Prohibited airspace

3.  (1)  Subject to paragraph (2)-

(a)between 0800 hours and 1900 hours on 24th July 2014, and

(b)between 0930 hours and 1600 hours on 26th July 2014,

no aircraft is to fly below 6,000 feet above mean sea level within the area bounded by a clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 3 nautical miles whose centre is at 554711N 0040127W extending from 555000N 0040304W to 554600N 0040615W, and an anti clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 6 nautical miles whose centre is at 555017N 0041343W extending from 554600N 0040615W to 555000N 0040304W.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft-

(a)making an instrument approach to, or instrument departure from, Glasgow Airport while under the control of the air traffic control unit at-

(i)Glasgow Airport; or

(ii)Prestwick Air Traffic Control Centre;

(b)flying in the service of-

(i)Police Scotland;

(ii)the National Police Air Service;

(iii)the Scottish Air Ambulance Service;

(iv)the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; or

(v)the Maritime and Coastguard Agency;

(c)flying in accordance with the permission of the Secretary of State;

(d)which is-

(i)flying in the service of Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited(2); and

(ii)operating in accordance with the conditions set out in the Schedule.

Regulation 3(2)(d)(ii)

SCHEDULESunset and Vine Global Television Limited aircraft operating conditions

1.  The conditions referred to in regulation 3(2)(d)(ii) are as follows.

2.  No person may be carried in the aircraft apart from the flight crew and any camera crew or other personnel in the service of Sunset and Vine Global Television Limited, each of whom must hold an accreditation issued by or on behalf of the Organising Committee of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

3.  The aircraft must be operating from the heliport at Linthouse Road, Glasgow (555128N 0042003W) or Glasgow Airport (555219N 0042559W).

4.  Subject to paragraph 5, not less than 40 days before the aircraft flies, the operator of the aircraft must provide the Chief Constable of Police Scotland with the aircraft nationality and registration mark and the assigned International Civil Aviation Organisation 24-bit HEX code for the aircraft.

5.  If the aircraft is a replacement aircraft for an aircraft whose aircraft registration and 24-bit HEX code has been provided previously under paragraph 4, the operator of the aircraft must provide the aircraft nationality and registration mark and the assigned International Civil Aviation Organisation 24-bit HEX code for the replacement aircraft to the Chief Constable of Police Scotland at least 24 hours before its first flight.

6.  The flight programmes for all flights by the aircraft on each day while the prohibited zone is in force must be provided by the operator of the aircraft to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager by 2100 hours on the day before the intended flights and must also be confirmed by the operator to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager not less than 2 hours before the first flight.

7.  Any changes to the expected timings of flights in the flight programme or the timing of any additional flights must be provided to the Glasgow Airport Air Traffic Control Watch Manager by the operator of the aircraft as soon as they become known to the operator, but not less than 30 minutes prior to take-off in any event.

8.  In relation to each task to be flown, the flight programme must specify-

(a)the take-off location and the route and duration of the flight;

(b)the names of the flight crew, the camera crew and any other passengers; and

(c)the aircraft nationality and registration mark.

9.  The aircraft must transpond and maintain the 4-digit transponder code assigned for the aircraft.

10.  The pre-agreed duress call must be used by the aircraft if it is subject to unlawful interference.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

On 24th and 26th July 2014 the Strathclyde Country Park, North Lanarkshire, will be the venue for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games' triathlon events. For security and public safety reasons, the Chief Constable of Police Scotland has requested the Secretary of State to make Restriction of Flying Regulations for the area in the vicinity of the Strathclyde Country Park. This request has been endorsed by the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group of the Civil Aviation Authority.

These Regulations establish a prohibited zone in the specified airspace over the Commonwealth Games' triathlon venues. That prohibited zone applies from 0900 hours British Summer Time to 2000 hours British Summer Time on 24th July 2014 and from 1030 hours British Summer Time to 1700 hours British Summer Time on 26th July 2014.

Full details of the restricted airspace will be promulgated by Aeronautical Information Circular and Notice To Airmen.

Further enquiries of the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group of the Civil Aviation Authority can be made to Mr R E J Gratton, Principal Airspace Regulator, Tel: 020 7453 6586.