
2025 No. 629
Civil Aviation
The Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Amendment) Order 2025
Made 28th May 2025
Laid before Parliament 2nd June 2025
Coming into force 15th August 2025
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98(2) and 103(1) and (2) of the Transport Act 2000 (“the Act”), having consulted with the Civil Aviation Authority in accordance with section 103(8) of the Act.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Amendment) Order 2025 and comes into force on 15th August 2025.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(3) In this Order, “the Act” means the Transport Act 2000.
Amendment of the meaning of “air traffic services”
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(1) Section 98 of the Act (air traffic services) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), after paragraph (e) insert—“
(f) making an airspace change proposal to the CAA, or developing such a proposal with a view to making it to the CAA.”.
(3) After subsection (1) insert—“
(1A) In paragraph (1)(f), “airspace change proposal” means a proposal—
(a) to change—
(i) airspace structures within the London, Scottish or Shanwick Oceanic flight information regions, or
(ii) the flight procedures to be followed in those regions or any part of them, and
(b) which is of a type that the CAA is required to develop procedures for dealing with by directions given under section 66 of this Act (air navigation: directions).”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
28th May 2025