Air Navigation (Exemption for Project KESTREL) Order 2026 · As enacted
3. Exemption
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subject to paragraph 4, a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is exempt from the provisions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (3) in respect of the conduct of any of the following activities under Project KESTREL (each called in this Order a specified activity), in any specified area:
piloting or operating a JMS;
carrying out any aerial work operation using a JMS;
assisting in the activity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b).
A person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) is any of the following:
the HTX in its capacity as an operator of a JMS under Project KESTREL;
any person (including a police officer, an HTX officer, a contractor of the SPF or the HTX, or an employee of the contractor) who is authorised, employed or engaged by the HTX in its capacity as an operator of a JMS under Project KESTREL to conduct a specified activity.
The provisions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) are —
regulation 5(1) of the Air Navigation (47 — Aircraft Registration) Regulations 2026 (G.N. No. S 39/2026);
regulation 30(2) of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018; and
regulation 4 of the Air Navigation (137 — Aerial Work) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 502/2018).
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph 4, a person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is exempt from the provisions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (3) in respect of the conduct of any of the following activities under Project KESTREL (each called in this Order a specified activity), in any specified area:
piloting or operating a JMS;
carrying out any aerial work operation using a JMS;
assisting in the activity mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b).
Subregulation 2
A person mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) is any of the following:
the HTX in its capacity as an operator of a JMS under Project KESTREL;
any person (including a police officer, an HTX officer, a contractor of the SPF or the HTX, or an employee of the contractor) who is authorised, employed or engaged by the HTX in its capacity as an operator of a JMS under Project KESTREL to conduct a specified activity.
Subregulation 3
The provisions mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) are —
regulation 5(1) of the Air Navigation (47 — Aircraft Registration) Regulations 2026 (G.N. No. S 39/2026);
regulation 30(2) of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018; and
regulation 4 of the Air Navigation (137 — Aerial Work) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 502/2018).