1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part01 — Page 21

COLONIAL AIR NAVIGATION ORDERS 1961 TO 1968.

HONG KONG AIR NAVIGATION (GENERAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1969,

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 77 of the Colonial Air Navigation Orders 1961 to 1968, the Governor bas made the following regulations———-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Hong Kong Air Navigation (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1969.

2.

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended-

(a) in paragraph (1) by-

(1) inserting after the definition of "approach to land- ing", the following new definition-

**“cloud ceiling” in relation to an aerodrome, means the vertical distance from the elevation of the aerodrome to the lowest part of any cloud visible from the aerodrome which is sufficient to obscure more than one half of the sky so visible;";

(i) deleting the definition of "minimum weather con- ditions” and substituting therefor the following-

“"minimum weather conditions" in relation to an acro- drome, means the cloud esiling and runway visual range for take-off and the critical height and runway visual range for landing below which the aircrafı cannot safely take-off or land, as the case may be. at that aerodrome, and the expression "relevant minimum" shall be construed accordingly:

“runway visual range" in relation to a runway or landing strip, means the maximum distance in the direction of take-off or landing, as the case may be, at which the runway or landing strip or the markers or lights delineating it can be seen from a point fifteen feet above its centre_line;":

(b) in paragraph (5) by deleting sub-paragraph (a), and sub-

stituting therefor the following-

"(a) the cloud ceiling or the runway visual range al the aerodrome of departure is less than the minimum respectively specified for take-off; or"; and

Citation.

Amendment of regulation 4,