AIR NAVIGATION (RULES OF THE AIR) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2017 Revised Edition 03.250.65 Showing the law as at 1 January 2018 This is a revised edition of the law Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 Arrangement AIR NAVIGATION (RULES OF THE AIR) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2017 Arrangement Regulation 1 Rules of the Air ............................................................................................... 7 2 Citation ............................................................................................................ 7 SCHEDULE 8 JERSEY RULES OF THE AIR 2017 8 PART 1 8 INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION 8 1 Interpretation ................................................................................................... 8 2 Application .................................................................................................... 16 3 Exemptions for special operations ................................................................ 17 PART 2 17 GENERAL FLIGHT RULES 17 4 General (flights over the high seas) (SERA.1001) ....................................... 17 5 Compliance with the rules of the air (SERA.2005) ...................................... 17 6 Responsibilities (SERA.2010) ...................................................................... 17 7 Authority of pilot-in-command of an aircraft (SERA.2015) ........................ 18 8 Problematic use of psychoactive substances (SERA.2020) .......................... 18 PART 3 18 GENERAL RULES AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE 18 9 Negligent or reckless operation of aircraft (SERA.3101) ............................. 18 10 Minimum heights (SERA.3105) ................................................................... 18 11 Cruising levels (SERA.3110)........................................................................ 19 12 Dropping or spraying (SERA.3115) ............................................................. 19 13 Towing (SERA.3120) ................................................................................... 19 14 Parachute descents (SERA.3125) ................................................................. 19 15 Aerobatic flight (SERA.3130) ...................................................................... 19 16 Formation flights (SERA.3135) .................................................................... 19 17 Unmanned free balloons (SERA.3140) ........................................................ 20 18 Prohibited areas and restricted areas (SERA.3145) ...................................... 20 Revised Edition – 1 January 2018 Page - 3 03.250.65 Arrangement Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 19 General (SERA.3201) ................................................................................... 20 20 Proximity (SERA.3205) ............................................................................... 20 21 Right-of-way (SERA.3210) .......................................................................... 21 22 Lights to be displayed by aircraft (SERA.3215) .......................................... 23 23 Simulated instrument flights (SERA.3220) .................................................. 23 24 Operation on and in the vicinity of an aerodrome (SERA.3225) ................. 24 25 Water operations (SERA.3230) .................................................................... 24 26 General (SERA.3301) ................................................................................... 24 27 General (SERA.3401) ................................................................................... 25 PART 4 25 FLIGHT PLANS 25 28 Submission of a flight plan (SERA.4001) .................................................... 25 29 Contents of a flight plan (SERA.4005)......................................................... 26 30 Completion of a flight plan (SERA.4010) .................................................... 27 31 Changes to a flight plan (SERA.4015) ......................................................... 27 32 Closing a flight plan (SERA.4020) ............................................................... 27 PART 5 28 VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, SPECIAL VFR AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES 28 33 VMC visibility and distance from cloud minima (SERA.5001) .................. 28 34 Visual Flight Rules (SERA.5005) ................................................................ 29 35 Special VFR in control zones (SERA.5010) ................................................ 31 36 Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) – Rules applicable to all IFR flights (SERA.5015) ................................................................................................ 32 37 IFR – Rules applicable to IFR flights within controlled airspace (SERA.5020) ................................................................................................ 32 38 IFR – Rules Applicable to IFR flights outside controlled airspace (SERA.5025) ................................................................................................ 33 PART 6 33 AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION 33 39 Classification of airspaces (SERA.6001) ..................................................... 33 40 Requirements for communications and SSR transponder (SERA.6005) ..... 35 PART 7 36 AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES 36 41 General – Objectives of the air traffic services (SERA.7001) ...................... 36 42 Coordination between the aircraft operator and air traffic services (SERA.7005) ................................................................................................ 36 PART 8 36 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE 36 43 Application (SERA.8001)............................................................................. 36 44 Operation of air traffic control service (SERA.8005) .................................. 37 45 Separation minima (SERA.8010) ................................................................. 38 46 Air traffic control clearances (ATC clearance) (SERA.8015) ...................... 38 47 Adherence to flight plan (SERA.8020) ........................................................ 40 48 Position reports (SERA.8025) ...................................................................... 42 Page - 4 Revised Edition – 1 January 2018 03.250.65 Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 Arrangement 49 Termination of control (SERA.8030) ........................................................... 43 50 Communications (SERA.8035) .................................................................... 43 PART 9 43 FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE 43 51 Application (SERA.9001) ............................................................................. 43 52 Scope of flight information service (SERA.9005) ........................................ 43 53 Automatic terminal information service (ATIS) (SERA.9010) .................... 44 PART 10 48 ALERTING SERVICE 48 54 Application (SERA.10001) ........................................................................... 48 55 Information to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aircraft in a state of emergency (SERA.10005) ........................................................................ 48 PART 11 49 INTERFERENCE, EMERGENCY CONTINGENCIES AND INTERCEPTION 49 56 Unlawful interference (SERA.11001) .......................................................... 49 57 Service to aircraft in the event of an emergency (SERA.11005) .................. 49 58 Strayed or unidentified aircraft(SERA.11010) ............................................. 49 59 ACAS resolution advisory (RA) (SERA.11014) .......................................... 51 60 Interception (SERA.11015) .......................................................................... 52 PART 12 57 SERVICES RELATED TO METEOROLOGY – AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS BY VOICE COMMUNICATIONS 57 61 Types of aircraft observations (SERA.12001) .............................................. 57 62 Special aircraft observations (SERA.12005) ................................................ 57 63 Other non-routine aircraft observations (SERA.12010) ............................... 58 64 Reporting of aircraft observations by voice communication (SERA.12015) ............................................................................................... 58 65 Exchange of air-reports (SERA.12020) ........................................................ 58 APPENDIX 1 59 APPENDIX 2 74 APPENDIX 3 80 APPENDIX 4 81 APPENDIX 5 83 Supporting Documents ENDNOTES 85 Table of Legislation History......................................................................................... 85 Table of Renumbered Provisions ................................................................................. 85 Table of Endnote References ....................................................................................... 85 Revised Edition – 1 January 2018 Page - 5 03.250.65 Arrangement Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 Page - 6 Revised Edition – 1 January 2018 03.250.65 Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017 Regulation 1 AIR NAVIGATION (RULES OF THE AIR) (JERSEY) REGULATIONS 2017 THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 46 of the Air Navigation (Jersey) Law 20141, have made the following Regulations – Commencement [see endnotes] 1 Rules of the Air The Rules of the Air set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect in Jersey. 2 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Jersey) Regulations 2017. 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