Singapore legislation
Regulation 79
of Air Navigation (98 — Special Operations) Regulations 2018
Regulation 79
Saving and transitional provisions
Subregulation 1
Every approval of a Singapore operator to fly a Singapore registered aircraft in an airspace specified in the Sixteenth Schedule to the Air Navigation Order (O 2) in accordance with paragraph 36 of the Air Navigation Order as in force immediately before 1 October 2018, is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the approval is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct specified navigation performance operations in the North Atlantic High Level Airspace.
Subregulation 2
Every approval of a Singapore operator to operate a Singapore registered aircraft in accordance with paragraph 36A of the Air Navigation Order as in force immediately before 1 October 2018, is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the approval is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct specified navigation performance operations involving performance‑based navigation.
Subregulation 3
Every written permission granted by the Chief Executive to operate a Singapore registered aircraft in accordance with paragraph 29(5) of the Air Navigation Order as in force immediately before 1 October 2018 is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the permission is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct EDTO.
Subregulation 4
Every approval of a Singapore operator granted under the Air Operator Certificate Requirements as in force immediately before 1 October 2018 —
to conduct operations in RVSM airspace;
to conduct any low visibility operation;
to conduct any operations with —
a head‑up display or equivalent;
an automatic landing system;
an enhanced vision system;
a synthetic vision system;
a combined vision system; or
a hybrid system comprising any combination of the displays or systems mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (i) to (v);
to use an electronic flight bag during its operations;
to conduct any polar operations;
to conduct mixed fleet flying operations; or
to conduct commercial air transport operations at night or under instrument meteorological conditions with a single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane,is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the approval is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct that operation.
Subregulation 5
Every approval of a Singapore operator to operate a Singapore registered aircraft in accordance with paragraph 36B of the Air Navigation Order as in force immediately before 1 October 2018, is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the approval is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct operations in an airspace or along a route where the appropriate air traffic services authority has specified a required communications performance for performance‑based communications.
Subregulation 6
Every approval of a Singapore operator to operate a Singapore registered aircraft in accordance with paragraph 36C of the Air Navigation Order as in force immediately before 1 October 2018, is, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of these Regulations, to continue as if the approval is a special operations approval granted under regulation 5 of these Regulations to conduct operations in an airspace or along a route where the appropriate air traffic services authority has specified a required surveillance performance for performance‑based surveillance.
Subregulation 7
Where —
an application is made for approval under the Air Navigation Order, or the Air Operator Certificate Requirements (AOCR), as in force before 1 October 2018; and
the application was not approved by the Chief Executive before that date,the application is (where applicable) deemed to be an application made to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation under regulation 4(1) of these Regulations for a special operations approval for a special operation listed in regulation 3(a) to (k), as applicable.