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Air Navigation Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Regulatory Framework for Safety in Aviation

14. Requirement for aviation safety instrument

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2019. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

The Authority may in any aviation safety subsidiary legislation provide that an aviation safety instrument is required by or in respect of all or any of the following:

(a)

aircraft operators;

(b)

aircraft owners;

(c)

aircraft pilots and flight crew members;

(d)

air traffic service personnel;

(e)

aircraft maintenance personnel;

(f)

air traffic services, search and rescue services and aeronautical information services;

(g)

aerodromes, aerodrome operators and aerodrome rescue and firefighting services;

(h)

navigation installations;

(i)

aviation training organisations;

(j)

aircraft design, manufacture, and maintenance organisations;

(k)

aeronautical procedures;

(l)

aeronautical meteorological services;

(m)

aeronautical telecommunications services;

(n)

such other persons, aircraft, aeronautical products, aviation‑related services, facilities, and equipment operated in support of the civil aviation system, or classes of such persons, aircraft, aeronautical products, aviation‑related services, facilities, and equipment operated in support of the civil aviation system, as may, in the interests of safety or security, be specified in the aviation safety subsidiary legislation;

(o)

any person who is an aviation examiner or medical assessor.

(2)

A person must not operate, maintain or service or do any other act in respect of any aircraft, aeronautical product or aviation‑related service referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (o) for which an aviation safety instrument is required under any aviation safety subsidiary legislation unless —

(a)

the person holds an aviation safety instrument that is in force and authorises the person to do that act; or

(b)

the person is authorised by or under the aviation safety subsidiary legislation to do that act without the aviation safety instrument.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4)

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; but(b)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

(5)

A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (3) relating to an aviation safety instrument which is required under any aviation safety subsidiary legislation if the person has been convicted or found guilty (whether before, on or after 21 December 2019) on at least one other earlier occasion of —

(a)

an offence under subsection (3) relating to an activity or act in respect of any aircraft, aeronautical product or aviation‑related service for which the same type of aviation safety instrument is required under any aviation safety subsidiary legislation; or

(b)

an offence under an order made under section 8 relating to an activity or act in respect of any aircraft, aeronautical product or aviation‑related service for which the same type of aviation safety instrument is required under such an order.

(6)

Subject to any such aviation safety subsidiary legislation, an aviation safety instrument may be issued by the Authority for such specified period and subject to such conditions as the Authority considers appropriate in each particular case.[4

Terms defined in s 2

aerodrome
Defined · s 2
“aerodrome” means any defined area of land or water in Singapore used, or intended or designed to be used, either wholly or partly, for the landing, taking off, movement, or servicing of aircraft, and includes any buildings, installations, and equipment on or adjacent to any such area used in connection with the aerodrome or its administration;
Open s 2
aeronautical product
Defined · s 2
“aeronautical product” means anything that comprises or is intended to comprise any part of an aircraft or that is or is intended to be installed in or fitted or supplied to an aircraft, and includes fuel and other consumable items necessary for the operation of the aircraft;
Open s 2
air traffic
Defined · s 2
“air traffic” means all aircraft in flight or operating on any manoeuvring area of an aerodrome;
Open s 2
air traffic service
Defined · s 2
“air traffic service” means —(a)any aerodrome control service;(b)any area control service provided for controlled flights in such airspace of defined dimensions within which an air traffic control service is provided;(c)any approach control service provided for arriving or departing controlled flights;(d)any flight information service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information intended for the safe and efficient conduct of flights;(e)any alerting service provided to notify appropriate organisations regarding aircraft in need of search and rescue from the air, and to assist such organisations as required; or(f)any other air traffic service considered by the Authority to be necessary or desirable for the safe and efficient operation of the civil aviation system;
Open s 2
aircraft
Defined · s 2
“aircraft” means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth;
Open s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2
“Authority” means the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore established under section 4 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009;
Open s 2
aviation safety instrument
Defined · s 2
“aviation safety instrument” means any licence, permit, certificate, authorisation, approval or other document issued under or by virtue of this Act to, or in respect of, any person, aircraft, aerodrome, aeronautical procedure, aeronautical product, or aviation-related service, but does not include an airport licence within the meaning of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009 or a permit mentioned in section 32(5)(b)(ii) or 33(5)(b)(ii);
Open s 2
aviation safety subsidiary legislation
Defined · s 2
“aviation safety subsidiary legislation” means any order made under section 8 or any regulations made under section 9;
Open s 2
aviation-related service
Defined · s 2
“aviation-related service” means any equipment, facility, or service (including any air traffic service) operated in support of or in conjunction with the civil aviation system;
Open s 2
crew
Defined · s 2
“crew”, in relation to an aircraft, includes every person having duties or functions on board the aircraft during the flight of the aircraft in connection with the flying or safety of the aircraft;
Open s 2
maintenance
Defined · s 2
“maintenance”, in relation to any aircraft or aeronautical product, means any task required to ensure, or that could affect, the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aeronautical product, including any one or combination of overhaul, repair, inspection, replacement of an aeronautical product, modification or defect rectification;
Open s 2
operate
Defined · s 2
“operate”, in relation to an aircraft, means to fly or use the aircraft, or to cause the aircraft to fly, be used, or be in any place, whether or not a person is present with the aircraft;
Open s 2

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