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Statutory Instruments
Civil Aviation
Made
2nd June 2021
Coming into force
3rd June 2021
The Secretary of State for a reason affecting the public interest deems it necessary to restrict flying in the area specified in regulation 2 by aircraft operating scheduled services by or on behalf of Belavia Belarusian Airlines.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016( 1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Belavia) Regulations 2021 and they come into force the day after they are made.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no aircraft operating a scheduled service by or on behalf of Belavia Belarusian Airlines shall fly in the airspace above the United Kingdom or above the territorial sea of the United Kingdom ( 2).
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft flying in accordance with the permission of—
(a) the Secretary of State, or
(b) the air traffic control unit at Swanwick or Prestwick.
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State
Department for Transport
2nd June 2021
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose restrictions of an emergency nature on flying in the airspace above the United Kingdom or its territorial sea, by aircraft operating scheduled services by or on behalf of Belavia Belarusian Airlines. They are intended to be of temporary duration and will be revoked as soon as it is deemed appropriate to do so.
In relation to the permission mentioned in regulation 2(2)(a), this can be obtained by contacting the Department of Transport on 0300 330 3000 during the hours of 0830 to 1730 Monday to Friday, emailing[email protected]of these times, or by writing to[email protected].
S.I. 2016/765, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
Under section 1 of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49)the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom extends up to 12 nautical miles measured from the baselines established by Order in Council. Section 1 was extended by S.I. 1989/482, 1998/2564, 2013/3164, 2014/1353.
