Singapore legislation

Regulation 104

of Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018

Regulation 104

Emergency locator transmitter

Subregulation 1

An AOC holder must ensure every small aeroplane that corresponds to one of the following descriptions is equipped with emergency locator transmitters of the quantity and type specified for that aeroplane:

(a)

an aeroplane for which the Certificate of Airworthiness was first issued (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) before 1 July 2008 must be equipped with at least one emergency locator transmitter of any type;

(b)

an aeroplane for which the Certificate of Airworthiness was first issued (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) on or after 1 July 2008 must be equipped with at least one automatic ELT.

Subregulation 2

An AOC holder must ensure that every helicopter is equipped with —

(a)

at least one automatic ELT; and

(b)

if the helicopter is to be operated over water as described in regulation 106, at least one survival ELT which is stowed in a life raft or with a life jacket.

Subregulation 3

An AOC holder must ensure that every emergency locator transmitter that is provided in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) —

(a)

operates in accordance with the requirements of Volume III of Annex 10 to the Chicago Convention; and

(b)

is capable of transmitting on 121.5 MHz and 406 MHz.

Subregulation 4

An AOC holder must ensure that every emergency locator transmitter that is capable of transmitting on 406 MHz —

(a)

is coded in accordance with Volume III of Annex 10 of the Chicago Convention; and

(b)

is registered with the agency responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft register in respect of the aircraft in which the emergency locator transmitter is installed.