S.I. No. 273/1966 - Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Amendment) Order, 1966.

1. This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) (Amendment) Order, 1966.

2. In this Order " the Principal Order " means the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1963 (

S.I. No. 7 of 1963

).

3. This Order shall come into operation on the 12th day of January, 1967.

4. The Principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1963 and 1966.

5. Each provision of the Schedule to the Principal Order mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order is hereby amended in the manner stated in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order opposite the mention of that provision in the said column (1).

SCHEDULE.

Paragraph

5.

Provision of Schedule to Principal Order amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Rule 1.

The insertion after the definition of "flight information service" of the following

" 'flight levels' means the surfaces of constant atmospheric pressure which are related to a specific pressure datum of 1013.2 mb or 29.92 inches and are separated by specific pressure intervals."

Rule 2.

The substitution of the following Rule

"2—(1) Compliance with the Rules of the Air. The operation of an aircraft either in flight or on the manoeuvring area of an aerdrome shall be in compliance with the Rules in this Part and, in addition, when in flight, either with—

(a) the Visual Flight Rules ; or

(b) the Instrument Flight Rules.

(2) In controlled airspace between sunset and sunrise or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be specified by the appropriate authority an aircraft shall not be operated in compliance with the Visual Flight Rules without the specific permission of the appropriate authority.

(3) By night all aircraft within the State shall be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules or such modification of the Instrument Flight Rules as may be specified by the appropriate air traffic control unit.

(4) Unless authorised by the appropriate air traffic control unit or by the appropriate authority VFR flights shall not be operated above flight level 200.

(5) In Visual Meteorological Conditions the pilot in command shall fly in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules if so required by the appropriate air traffic control unit or by the appropriate authority, or he may elect to fly in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules.

(6) Responsibility for Compliance with the Rules of the Air. The pilot in command of an aircraft shall, whether manipulating the controls or not, be responsible for the operation of the aircraft in compliance with these Rules, except that he may depart from these Rules in circumstances that render such departure absolutely necessary in the interests of safety."

Rule 20.

The substitution of the following Rule

"20—(1) When required by this Order to fly at a cruising level appropriate to track, the pilot in command of an aircraft shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph

Provision of Schedule to Principal Order amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

(2) of this Rule, conduct the flight at a cruising level in accordance with the Table to this Rule, using the altimeter setting appropriate to the airspace in which the operation takes place.

(2) Exceptionally, on the basis of regional air navigation agreements, a modified table of cruising levels based on a nominal vertical separation of less than 600 metres (2,000 feet) but not less than 300 metres (1,000 feet) shall be used where prescribed by the appropriate authority for flights under specified conditions above flight level 290 within designated airspace.

(3) In the Table to this Rule, the word "track" means magnetic track or, in polar areas at latitudes higher than 70° and within such extensions to those areas as may be prescribed by the appropriate authority, grid tracks as determined by a network of lines parallel to the Greenwich meridian superimposed on a polar stereographic chart in which the direction towards the North Pole is employed as the Grid North.

Provision of Schedule to Principal Order amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

TABLE OF CRUISING LEVELS

TRACK

From 000° to 179°

IFR FLIGHTS

VFR FLIGHTS

FL

ALTITUDE

FL

ALTITUTE

Metres

Feet

Feet

Metres

—90

—

—

—

10

300

1,000

—

—

—

30

900

3,000

35

1,050

3,500

50

1,500

5,000

55

1,700

5,500

70

2,150

7,000

75

2,300

7,500

90

2,750

9,000

95

2,900

9,500

110

3,350

11,000

115

3,500

11,500

130

3,950

13,000

135

4,100

13,500

150

4,550

15,000

155

4,700

15,500

170

5,200

17,000

175

5,350

17,500

190

5,800

19,000

195

5,950

19,500

210

6,400

21,000

215

6,550

21,500

230

7,000

23,000

235

7,150

23,500

250

7,600

25,000

255

7,750

25,500

Provision of Schedule to Principal Order amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

TABLE OF CRUISING LEVELS

TRACK

From 000° to 179°

IFR FLIGHTS

VFR FLIGHTS

FL

ALTITUDE

FL

ALTITUDE

Metres

Feet

Metres

Feet

270

8,250

27,000

275

8,400

27,500

290

8,850

29,000

300

9,150

30,000

330

10,050

33,000

340

10,350

34,000

370

11,300

37,000

380

11,600

38,000

410

12,500

41,000

420

12,800

42,000

450

13,700

45,000

460

14,000

46,000

490

14,950

49,000

500

15,250

50,000

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

From 180° to 359°

0

—

—

—

20

600

2,000

—

—

—

40

1,200

4,000

45

1,350

4,500

60

1,850

6,000

65

2,000

6,500

80

2,450

8,000

85

2,600

8,500

100

3,050

10,000

105

3,200

10,500

120

3,350

12,000

125

3,800

12,500

140

4,250

14,000

145

4,400

14,500

160

4,900

16,000

165

5,050

16,500

180

5,500

18,000

185

5,650

18,500

200

6,100

20,000

205

6,250

20,500

220

6,700

22,000

225

6,850

22,500

240

7,300

24,000

245

7,450

24,500

260

7,900

26,000

265

8,100

26,500

280

8,550

28,000

285

8,700

28,500

310

9,450

31,000

320

9,750

32,000

350

10,650

35,000

360

10,950

36,000

390

11,900

39,000

400

12,200

40,000

430

13,100

43,000

440

13,400

44,000

470

14,350

47,000

480

14,650

48,000

510

15,550

51,000

520

15,850

52,000

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc. "

Provision of Schedule to Principal Order amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Rule 26.

The substitution of the following for subrule (4)

"(4) VFR flights operated in level cruising flight at 3,000 feet or 900 metres or more from the ground or water shall be conducted at a cruising level appropriate to track in accordance with the Table of Cruising Levels to Rule 20 except when otherwise required by the appropriate air traffic control unit or by the appropriate authority for VFR flights within controlled airspace."

Rule 31.

The deletion of "appropriate Part of the"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of December, 1966.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order amends the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1963 (

S.I. No. 7 of 1963

) by replacing on and from 12th January, 1967, by a new table of cruising levels the table of cruising levels set out in the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1963 (

S.I. No. 7 of 1963

), and by making other necessary amendments consequential thereto.

S.I. No. 273 of 1966.

AIR NAVIGATION (RULES OF THE AIR) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1966.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

of the

Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1946

(No. 23 of 1946) and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), hereby order as follows