Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:19 pm
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The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] 2019-20 was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 14 October 2019 and introduced in the House of Lords on 22 October 2019. No date is yet available for second reading
The briefing note states:-
“An aviation bill will provide for the effective and efficient management of the United Kingdom’s airspace.”
The purpose of the Bill is to:
● Maintain the UK’s position as a world-leader in aviation, ensuring that regulations keep pace with new technology to support sustainable growth in a sector which directly provides over 230,000 jobs and contributes at least £22 billion to the UK economy every year.
● Ensure that the police are able to tackle effectively the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft, including drones and model aircraft.
The main benefits of the Bill would be:
● Making journeys quicker, quieter and cleaner through the modernisation of our airspace.
● Improving public safety through greater police enforcement powers, deterring unlawful use of unmanned aircraft and ensuring that offenders are quickly dealt with in the appropriate manner.
The main elements of the Bill are:
● New Government powers to direct an airport or other relevant body to prepare and submit a proposal to the Civil Aviation Authority to change the design of airspace.
● Modernising the licensing framework for air traffic control.
● New police powers to tackle the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft. These include the ability to require a person to land an unmanned aircraft and enhanced stop and search powers where particular unmanned aircraft related offences have taken place.
Territorial extent and application
● The Bill's provisions would extend and apply to the whole of the UK.
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● Civil aviation (including airspace) is a reserved matter, however, since the Bill would provide police in Scotland with additional powers, legislative consent will likely be required.
Key facts
● The Department for Transport’s Strategic Case for Airspace Modernisation, published in February 2017, set out that if nothing is done by 2030, 1 in 3 flights could be delayed for 30 minutes on average, which would be 72 times higher than in 2015. This would cost the UK around £250 million per year. Modernisation can also deliver major noise and carbon reduction benefits.
● For a change in the design of UK airspace to take place, proposals must be submitted by a sponsor, usually an airport or a provider of air navigation services, and follow the Civil Aviation Authority’s airspace change process.
● The number of incidents of manned aircraft encountering an unmanned aircraft increased from 6 incidents in 2014 to 125 in 2018.
The briefing note states:-
“An aviation bill will provide for the effective and efficient management of the United Kingdom’s airspace.”
The purpose of the Bill is to:
● Maintain the UK’s position as a world-leader in aviation, ensuring that regulations keep pace with new technology to support sustainable growth in a sector which directly provides over 230,000 jobs and contributes at least £22 billion to the UK economy every year.
● Ensure that the police are able to tackle effectively the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft, including drones and model aircraft.
The main benefits of the Bill would be:
● Making journeys quicker, quieter and cleaner through the modernisation of our airspace.
● Improving public safety through greater police enforcement powers, deterring unlawful use of unmanned aircraft and ensuring that offenders are quickly dealt with in the appropriate manner.
The main elements of the Bill are:
● New Government powers to direct an airport or other relevant body to prepare and submit a proposal to the Civil Aviation Authority to change the design of airspace.
● Modernising the licensing framework for air traffic control.
● New police powers to tackle the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft. These include the ability to require a person to land an unmanned aircraft and enhanced stop and search powers where particular unmanned aircraft related offences have taken place.
Territorial extent and application
● The Bill's provisions would extend and apply to the whole of the UK.
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● Civil aviation (including airspace) is a reserved matter, however, since the Bill would provide police in Scotland with additional powers, legislative consent will likely be required.
Key facts
● The Department for Transport’s Strategic Case for Airspace Modernisation, published in February 2017, set out that if nothing is done by 2030, 1 in 3 flights could be delayed for 30 minutes on average, which would be 72 times higher than in 2015. This would cost the UK around £250 million per year. Modernisation can also deliver major noise and carbon reduction benefits.
● For a change in the design of UK airspace to take place, proposals must be submitted by a sponsor, usually an airport or a provider of air navigation services, and follow the Civil Aviation Authority’s airspace change process.
● The number of incidents of manned aircraft encountering an unmanned aircraft increased from 6 incidents in 2014 to 125 in 2018.
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