These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of aviation safety.
Part 2 amends Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 to adopt three sets of amendments to Annex 16 (Environmental Protection) of the International Convention on Civil Aviation 1944. These relate to certification of aircraft for noise, certification of engines for emissions, and certification of aeroplanes for carbon dioxide emissions.
Part 3 amends retained direct minor EU legislation. Regulation 3 amends Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (aircrew) to remove unnecessary transitional measures intended to transition to the Basic Instrument Rating which the UK does not currently intend to adopt.
Regulation 6 is made in exercise of the power conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address deficiencies (of the kind referred to in section 8(2)(a)) in retained EU law. Regulation 6 amends Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (operation of unmanned aircraft) to remove redundant commencement provisions which relate to provisions which do not form part of retained EU law.
Source: HMSO.