The Air Navigation (Aeroplane and Aeroplane Engine Emission of Unburned Hydrocarbons) Order 1988
UK Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1994 — creates 2 criminal offences.
- Made
- 14 November 1988
- In force from
- 1 January 1989
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
- Made under
- Civil Aviation Act 1982
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Order applies to subsonic and supersonic aeroplanes, wherever registered, which are propelled by turbojet or turbofan engines manufactured after 1st January 1989 and which in the case of subsonic aeroplanes are powered by such engines which have a rated output greater than 26.7 kN. It prohibits such aeroplanes from landing or taking-off in the United Kingdom unless their engines are of a type which has been certified as complying with the requirements for the emission of unburned hydrocarbons (article 4). The CAA are to certify a type of engine if it is of the opinion that it complies with the Standards set out in Schedule 2 to the Order. Certification by the CAA shall be evidenced by a declaration to that effect in the Official Record of the CAA. The competent authority of a Contracting State to the Chicago Convention or of another country which in the opinion of the Secretary of State applies standards equivalent to those applied by the CAA may certify engines for the purposes of the Order. The Official Record of the CAA and the publication British Civil Airworthiness Requirements Section M Emissions Certification—Issue 1 dated 1st May 1986, as amended by CAA Blue Paper M 847 to be issued on 1st January 1989, referred to in article 2, can be purchased from the Civil Aviation Authority, Greville House, 37 Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2BN.
Offences created by this instrument
- Penalties article 10(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Power to prevent aeroplanes flying article 7(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1988