Aviation Law and Legislation

How many Articles are there in DOC 7300?

96

What is Article 19 of DOC 7300?

Article 19 - National laws governing registration Registration or transfer of registration in any State shall comply with that State's laws and regulations.

What is Article 2 of DOC 7300?

Article 2 - Territory A State's territory is the land and territorial waters over which the State has sovereignty.

What is Article 20 of DOC 7300?

Article 20 - Display of marks All aircraft operating internationally shall display their appropriate nationality and registration marks.

What is Article 22 of DOC 7300?

Article 22 - Facilitation of formalities Each State shall facilitate flights between territories of contracting States, and prevent unnecessary delays to those flights, especially in relation to customs, immigration and quarantine procedures.

What is Article 23 of DOC 7300?

Article 23 - Customs and Immigration Procedures Each State shall establish customs and immigration procedures in accordance with international practice.

Implementation of DOC 7300 is whose responsibility?

The contracting State (nation).

What unit are the cruising levels of Western nations measured in?

Feet

What was the Paris Convention?

First major international meeting of aviation-oriented nations (more European than worldwide). General principles of air law and aviation procedures were agreed and adopted.

What is the purpose of the ICAO?

To promote aviation standards and recommended practices internationally.

The UK currently has Class B airspace. True or False?

False

What did the Chicago Convention achieve?

Placed moral obligation on contracting States (nations) to provide safe and efficient ground and flight organisations in their territories for the development of international aviation.

What unit of pressure is used in the United States?

inches of mercury

What unit are the cruising levels of some Eastern European countries measured in?

metres

According to Article 29 of DOC 7300 all aircraft flying internationally need to carry what documents?

- Certificate of Registration - Certificate of Airworthiness - Appropriate licenses for each crew member - journey logbook - Appropriate radio licences - If carrying passengers, a list of their names and places of embarkation (boarding) and destination - If carrying cargo, a manifest and detailed declarations of cargo.

How much is 1 hPa in millibars?

1 mb

When was the Paris Convention?

1919

When was the Chicago Convention?

1944

When was the ICAO established?

1947

What is DOC 7300?

An ICAO document setting out the broad principles (Articles). It contains the text of the Convention on International Civil Aviation as signed at Chicago in 1944.

What is Article 1 of DOC 7300?

Article 1 - Sovereignty Each State (nation) that has signed the Convention is recognised to have complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.

What is Article 10 of DOC 7300?

Article 10 - Landing at customs airport Each State may require aircraft entering its territory to land at a customs airport for a customs examination, unless the flight has permission to cross the territory without landing. Similarly, aircraft departing a state may be required to depart from a customs airport.

What is Article 11 of DOC 7300?

Article 11 - Applicability of air regulations Any aircraft, regardless of its nationality, shall obey the regulations and operational procedures of the State in which it is flying.

What is Article 12 of DOC 7300?

Article 12 - Rules of the Air Each State shall ensure that aircraft operating within its territory, or aircraft carrying its nationality mark, wherever they may be, follow the rules of the air. Over the high seas, the rules of the convention apply. Each state shall endeavour to prosecute violators of the regulations.

What is Article 13 of DOC 7300?

Article 13 - Entry and clearance regulations Regulations of a State relating to entry, clearance, immigration, passports, customs and quarantine must be complied with by or on behalf of passengers, crew or cargo on entry into, departure from or while within the territory of that State.

What is Article 16 of DOC 7300?

Article 16 - Search of Aircraft Each State has the right to search aircraft from other States on landing or prior to departure, and to inspect documents.

What is Article 17 of DOC 7300?

Article 17 - Nationality of aircraft Aircraft have the nationality of the State in which they are registered.

What is Article 18 of DOC 7300?

Article 18 - Dual registration An aircraft may not be registered in more than one State, though its registration may be changed from one State to another.

What is Article 24 of DOC 7300?

Article 24 - Customs Duty Aircraft entering another State's territory shall be admitted temporarily free of duty, subject to the State's customs regulations. Fuel, oil, spare parts and regular equipment that are on board an aircraft on arrival in another State and retained on board on departure, shall be exempt from duty. This does not apply to anything that is unloaded from the aircraft. Spare parts imported into a State for use by an aircraft from another State on international operations shall be free of duty.

What is Article 25 of DOC 7300?

Article 25 - Aircraft in distress Each State shall assist aircraft in distress in its territory, and allow the owners of the aircraft and that State in which the aircraft is registered to assist as appropriate.

What is Article 26 of DOC 7300?

Article 26 - Investigation of accidents Should an aircraft registered in one State be involved in an accident in another State, and the accident results in death or serious injury or indicates a serious technical defect in the aircraft or navigation facilities, the State in which the accident occurs shall carry out an inquiry in accordance with ICAO procedures. The State in which the aircraft is registered shall be allowed to observe the inquiry.

What is Article 28 of DOC 7300?

Article 28 - Air navigation facilities and standard systems Each State shall facilitate international aviation by: - providing radio services, meteorological services and air navigation services to ICAO standards; - operating standard systems for communications, markings, signals and lighting; - cooperating internationally in the publication of aeronautical maps and charts.

What is Article 29 of DOC 7300?

Article 29 - Documents carried in aircraft All aircraft flying internationally shall carry the following documents: - Certificate of Registration - Certificate of Airworthiness - Appropriate licenses for each crew member - journey logbook - Appropriate radio licences - If carrying passengers, a list of their names and places of embarkation (boarding) and destination - If carrying cargo, a manifest and detailed declarations of cargo.

What is Article 30 of DOC 7300?

Article 30 - Aircraft radio equipment Aircraft operating in other States may carry radio transmitting equipment only if it is licensed by the State in which the aircraft is registered. The use of that equipment shall comply with the regulations of the State that is being flown over. Radio equipment may be used only by crew members who are licensed to do so by the State in which the aircraft is registered.

What is Article 31 of DOC 7300?

Article 31 - Certificates of Airworthiness All aircraft operating internationally must have a valid Certificate of Airworthiness issued by the State in which it is registered.

What is Article 32 of DOC 7300?

Article 32 - Licences of personnel Pilots and flight crew members engaged in international operations shall hold licences issued by the State in which the aircraft is registered. For flight over its own territory, each State reserves the right to refuse to recognise flight crew licences and certificates of competency granted to its nationals by another State.

What is Article 33 of DOC 7300?

Article 33 - Recognition of certificates and licences Certificates of airworthiness and flight crew licences issued by the State in which the aircraft is registered shall be recognised by other contracting States, provided the requirements for the issue of such certificates and licences meet ICAO standards.

What is Article 4 of DOC 7300?

Article 4 - Misuse of Civil Aviation Each State agrees not to use civil aviation for any purpose contrary to the aims of the Convention (i.e. for illegal purposes or for war).

What is Article 5 of DOC 7300?

Article 5 - Right of non-scheduled flight Each State will allow aircraft from all other States (except for scheduled international flights) to fly into or through its airspace, and to land without prior permission. States also have the right to require overflying aircraft to land. Where terrain is remote and navigation facilities inadequate, States may require overflying aircraft to follow prescribed routes, or to obtain prior permission for the flight.

What is another name for the broad principles of the ICAO as laid down by the Chicago Convention?

Articles

What class is allocated to Terminal Control Areas in the USA?

Class B

What unit of pressure is used in the UK?

Hectopascal (hPa)

ICAO stands for:

International Civil Aviation Organization

Where is the ICAO based?

Montreal, Canada.