Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Transport Safety Investigations (Aviation Occurrences) Regulations 2023
Regulation 5
Meaning of “responsible person”
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of “responsible person” in section 2 of the Act, each of the following persons is a responsible person in relation to any reportable matter that is an aviation occurrence:
for an aviation occurrence occurring outside Singapore — the respective appropriate foreign authorities of —
the State of Occurrence of the aviation occurrence;
the State of Registry of the aircraft involved;
the State of the Operator of the aircraft involved;
the State of Manufacture of the aircraft involved; and
the State of Design of the aircraft involved;
for an aviation occurrence occurring during a flying display in Singapore — the organiser of the flying display;
for an aviation occurrence involving the operation of an unmanned aircraft in circumstances for which a UA operator permit or UA cross‑border permit is required — the holder of the UA operator permit or UA cross‑border permit.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of “responsible person” in section 2 of the Act, a provider of air traffic services in Singapore is a responsible person in relation to every ordinary reportable matter happening within the Singapore Flight Information Region.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation —
Definition
“flying display” has the meaning given by section 16(5) of the Act;
Definition
“UA cross‑border permit” means an aviation safety instrument issued by the CAAS under regulation 18B of the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. S 833/2019), which authorises the holder of the aviation safety instrument to operate an unmanned aircraft for the purpose of flying or causing the flight of the unmanned aircraft into or out of Singapore;
Definition
“UA operator permit” means an aviation safety instrument issued by the CAAS under regulation 12 of the Air Navigation (101 — Unmanned Aircraft Operations) Regulations 2019, which authorises the holder of the aviation safety instrument to operate an unmanned aircraft of the type and for the purpose stated in the instrument.