Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety and Security) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2(1) of the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6) (referred to in this Part as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Authority”, the following definition:“ “auxiliary police officer” means a person appointed as such under Part IX of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act” in the definition of “aviation safety instrument”, the words “or a permit referred to in section 7(3)(b)(ii) or 7A(3)(b)(ii)”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chicago Convention”, the following definitions:“ “command and control link” means the data link between a remotely piloted aircraft and a remote pilot station for the purposes of managing the flight of the remotely piloted aircraft;“competent security officer” means any public officer designated as such by the Minister charged with the responsibility for homefront security;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “operate”, the following definition:“ “operator”, for an unmanned aircraft, means a person engaged in, or offering to engage in, the operation of the unmanned aircraft, and where the unmanned aircraft is a remotely piloted aircraft, includes —

(a)

the person who causes the remotely piloted aircraft to fly; and

(b)

the remote pilot of the aircraft with duties essential to the operation of the remotely piloted aircraft, such as manipulating the flight controls as appropriate during flight time, if the remote pilot is not the operator;”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “pilot-in-command”, the following definitions:“ “remotely piloted aircraft” means an unmanned aircraft that is operated using a remotely piloted aircraft system;“remotely piloted aircraft system” or “RPAS”, for a remotely piloted aircraft, means all of the following components: (a)the remotely piloted aircraft; (b)every remote pilot station associated with the remotely piloted aircraft in paragraph (a) containing the equipment used to pilot that aircraft;

(c)

the command and control links between the remotely piloted aircraft in paragraph (a) and its remote pilot station or stations and other command; (d)any other components as specified in the type design to fly that aircraft;”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “structure”, the following definitions:“ “unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft that may be flown or used without any individual on board the aircraft to operate it;“unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft and its associated elements;”.

Clause 2 — Unmanned Aircraft (Public Safety and Security) Bill