S.I. No. 312/1990 - Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) (Route Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) (Route Charges) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1991.

(2) The Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) (Route Charges) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 362 of 1989

), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Regulations, 1989 to 1990.

2. The Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) (Route Charges) Regulations, 1989 (

S.I. No. 362 of 1989

), are hereby amended by—

(

a

) the substitution in Regulation 2 for the definition of "the relevant airspace" by the following definition

" 'the relevant airspace' means the airspace the lateral and vertical extent of which are as follows

(

a

) the lateral extent shall be the area provided by straight lines joining the following coordinates

(i)

5520N

0655W

— 5525N

0720W

5520N

0815W

— 5445N

0900W

5434N

1000W

— 5400N

1500W

5100N

1500W

— 5100N

0800W

5220N

0530W

— 5355N

0530W

5425N

0810W

— 5520N

0655W

(ii)

5100N

1500W

— 5100N

0800W

4830N

0800W

— 4900N

1500W

5100N

1500W

(

b

) (i) the vertical extent in subparagraph (

a

) (i) of this paragraph shall extent from ground level with no upper limit, and

(ii) the vertical extent in (

a

) (ii) above shall extend from Flight Level 55 with no upper limit."

(

b

) the addition in Regulation 2 of the following definition after the definition of Member State

" 'flight level' means a surface of constant atmospheric pressure which is related to a specific pressure datum, 1 013.2 hectopascals (hPa), and is separated from other such surfaces by specific pressure intervals."; and

(

c

) the substitution for Part II of Schedule to the Regulations, of following Part

"Part II

Official Entry/Exit Points for Aircraft Entering and Leaving Irish Airspace as set out in Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) Ireland.

List of Entry/Exit Points

Number

Name

Coordinates

1

5520N 0655W

552000N

065500W

2

ERNAN

541640N

072310W

3

DALKY

535949N

055412W

4

BOYNE

534600N

053000W

5

LIFFY

532830N

053000W

6

TOLKA

531104N

053000W

7

VATRY

523319N

053000W

8

BAKUR

521537N

053838W

9

SLANY

520915N

055100W

10

BANBA

515800N

061200W

11

EVRIN

514652N

063400W

12

NORLA

513700N

065100W

13

TIVLI

511650N

072955W

14

51N 15W

51N 15W

15

52N 15W

52N 15W

16

53N 15W

53N 15W

17

54N 15W

54N 15W

18

BANLO

5100N

00800W

19

GAPLI

5000N

00800W

20

RATKA

4930N

00800W

21

TAKAS

4900N

00800W

22

LASNO

4836N

00900W

23

OMOKO

4850N

01200W

24

BARIX

5025N

00800W

25

BISKI

4906N

00800W

26

49N 15W

4900N

01500W

27

50N 15W

5000N

01500W

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of December, 1990.

SÉAMUS BRENNAN,

Minister for Tourism and Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations, which will come into operation on 1 January 1991, amend the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) (Route Charges) Regulations, 1989 in order to provide for the inclusion in Irish airspace of the block of airspace to the south-west of Ireland known as the Shannon Oceanic Transition Area (SOTA).

S.I. No. 312 of 1990.

AIR NAVIGATION (EUROCONTROL) (ROUTE CHARGES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1990.

I, SÉAMUS BRENNAN, Minister for Tourism and Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 (as inserted by

section 1

of the

Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1971

(No. 19 of 1971), and amended by

section 14

of the

Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1983

(No. 38 of 1983)), of the

Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Act, 1963

(No. 15 of 1963), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 92 of 1987

), hereby make the following Regulations