PART 2 | Division 1 — Aerial activity permit required for aerial activity |
| Requirement for permit for aerial activity 5 kilometres or less from aerodrome |
5.—(1) For the purposes of section 14(2)(a) of the Act, a person must not conduct any of the following aerial activities at a distance of 5 kilometres or less from an aerodrome unless the person holds an aerial activity permit that is in force and authorises the person to do so:| (a) | flying or operating a kite or parasail in any area that is not a permitted area designated under paragraph (2); | | (b) | causing or permitting the release of a free balloon or tethered sky lantern. |
| (2) The Authority may designate one or more areas at a distance of 5 kilometres or less from any aerodrome as a permitted area for the flying or operating of a kite or parasail, subject to any conditions that the Authority may impose. |
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| Requirement for permit for aerial activity more than 5 kilometres from aerodrome |
6. For the purposes of section 14(2)(a) of the Act, a person must not conduct any of the following aerial activities at a distance of more than 5 kilometres from an aerodrome unless the person holds an aerial activity permit that is in force and authorises the person to do so:| (a) | flying or operating a kite or parasail at an altitude higher than 200 feet above mean sea level in any area that is —| (i) | at a distance of 10 kilometres or less from Paya Lebar aerodrome and at a distance of one kilometre or less from the flight funnel of that aerodrome; or | | (ii) | at a distance of 10 kilometres or less from Tengah aerodrome and at a distance of one kilometre or less from the flight funnel of that aerodrome; |
| | (b) | flying or operating a kite or parasail at an altitude higher than 500 feet above mean sea level in any area that is not mentioned in paragraph (a); | | (c) | causing or permitting the release of —| (i) | one free balloon that, including any object attached to the free balloon, measures 2 metres or longer in any linear dimension; or | | (ii) | more than one free balloon, released collectively or in a cluster such that the free balloons so released may cluster with other free balloons (regardless of whether all the free balloons are released by the same person) resulting in a cluster that, including any object attached to any of the free balloons, measures 2 metres or longer in any linear dimension; |
| | (d) | causing or permitting the release of a tethered sky lantern which is capable of rising to an altitude higher than 200 feet above mean sea level. |
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| Requirements for tethered balloons |
7.—(1) For the purposes of section 14(2)(a) of the Act, a person must not fly or operate a tethered balloon that measures 3 metres or shorter in any linear dimension under the following circumstances unless the person holds an aerial activity permit that is in force and authorises the person to do so:| (a) | at a distance of one kilometre or less from the flight funnel of any aerodrome — at any altitude; | | (b) | at a distance of more than one kilometre from the flight funnel of any aerodrome but 5 kilometres or less from that aerodrome — at an altitude higher than 130 feet above mean sea level; | | (c) | in any other area — at an altitude higher than 290 feet above mean sea level. |
| (2) For the purposes of section 14(2)(a) of the Act, a person must not fly or operate a tethered balloon that measures more than 3 metres in any linear dimension unless the person holds an aerial activity permit that is in force and authorises the person to do so. |
(3) Any person who flies or operates a tethered balloon, regardless of whether the person requires an aerial activity permit to do so, must ensure that the tethered balloon —| (a) | is securely tethered; and | | (b) | if the tethered balloon is not fitted with a device that ensures the automatic deflation of the tethered balloon if it breaks free of its tether, is attended to at all times. |
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(4) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months or to both. |
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| Requirement for permit for aerial activity in restricted area or danger area |
8. For the purposes of section 14(2)(a) of the Act, a person must not conduct any of the following aerial activities in any part of Singapore airspace to which a declaration under regulation 55C(1)(b) or (5) of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 applies and has effect, unless the person holds an aerial activity permit that is in force and authorises the person to do so:| (a) | flying or operating a tethered aerial object; | | (b) | causing or permitting the release of a free balloon. |
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| Division 2 — Application for and grant of aerial activity permit |
| Application for aerial activity permit |
9.—(1) An application for an aerial activity permit must be made to the Authority in accordance with this regulation.(2) An application for an aerial activity permit —| (a) | must be made in the form and manner required by the Authority; | | (b) | must be submitted to the Authority at least 7 working days before the intended date of commencement of the aerial activity specified in the application; and | | (c) | must be accompanied by the following information:| (i) | the identity and contact address of the applicant and any other individual who is, or is to be, employed or engaged by the applicant to conduct the aerial activity; | | (ii) | the type of aerial activity to be conducted; | | (iii) | the purpose and nature of the aerial activity to be conducted; | | (iv) | the date on, and the period during which, the aerial activity is to be conducted; | | (v) | the location and operating altitude at which the aerial activity is to be conducted; | | (vi) | the qualifications of the applicant, including the type of training the applicant has undergone (if any) in operating and maintaining the free balloon or tethered aerial object for which the aerial activity permit is sought, as the case may be; | | (vii) | if the application names any other individual who is, or is to be, employed or engaged by the applicant to operate the free balloon or tethered aerial object, the qualifications of that individual, including the type of training the individual has undergone (if any) in operating and maintaining the free balloon or tethered aerial object for which the aerial activity permit is sought, as the case may be; | | (viii) | any other information that the Authority may require. |
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| (3) For the purposes of assessing an application for an aerial activity permit, the Authority may require an applicant to undergo any check or carry out any demonstration of the aerial activity specified in the application, as the Authority may specify. |
| (4) The Authority may refuse to consider an application for an aerial activity permit that is not made in accordance with this regulation. |
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| Grant of aerial activity permit |
10.—(1) After considering an application for an aerial activity permit, the Authority may —| (a) | grant the aerial activity permit, subject to any conditions that the Authority may impose; or | | (b) | refuse to grant the aerial activity permit. |
(2) An aerial activity permit granted under paragraph (1) must specify the following information:| (a) | the aerial activity which the permit holder is authorised to conduct; | | (b) | the date on, and the period during which, the permit holder is authorised to conduct the aerial activity; | | (c) | the location and operating altitude at which the permit holder is authorised to conduct the aerial activity. |
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| (3) For the purposes of section 15(2)(a) of the Act, the Authority must be satisfied that the applicant and, if the application names any other individual who is, or is to be, employed or engaged by the applicant to conduct the aerial activity, that individual, is capable of ensuring the safe operation of the aerial activity specified in the application. |
(4) In granting an aerial activity permit under this regulation, the Authority may impose conditions requiring the permit holder to ensure the following:| (a) | the safe operation of the free balloon or tethered aerial object specified in the permit whenever it is flown or operated; | | (b) | that any document issued by the Authority providing practical guidance on the safe operation of free balloons or tethered aerial objects is adhered to. |
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| (5) A person who has been granted an aerial activity permit under this regulation must apply for a new permit if there is any change to the information specified in paragraph (2) in respect of the permit granted to that person. |
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| Division 3 — Other requirements |
| Prohibition of certain aerial activities |
11.—(1) Despite regulations 5, 6, 7, 8 and 14, a person must not —| (a) | conduct any aerial activity in any part of Singapore airspace to which a declaration under regulation 55C(1)(a) of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 applies and has effect; | | (b) | conduct any aerial activity in a manner that is likely to endanger the safety of any person, aircraft or property; | | (c) | cause or permit the release of a free balloon or tethered sky lantern anywhere in Singapore during the operating hours of any military aerodrome; or | | (d) | cause or permit the release of a sky lantern that is not tethered anywhere in Singapore. |
(2) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months or to both. |
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| Compliance with Rules of the Air |
12.—(1) A person who flies or operates a medium free balloon or a heavy free balloon must do so in compliance with the conditions specified in Appendix 5 to Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention.(2) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months or to both. |
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| Display of lights and streamers |
13.—(1) Any person who releases a free balloon that is equipped with a trailing antenna that requires a force of more than 230 newtons to break the trailing antenna at any point must ensure that coloured pennants or streamers are attached to the antenna at intervals of 15 metres or less.(2) Any person who releases one free balloon at night that, including any object attached to the free balloon, measures 2 metres or longer in any linear dimension, must display a steady red light that is —| (a) | of at least 5 candela and showing in all directions; and | | (b) | suspended not less than 5 metres and not more than 10 metres below the basket or, if there is no basket, below the lowest part of the free balloon. |
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(3) Any person who releases more than one free balloon at night, either released collectively or in a cluster such that the free balloons so released (called the firstmentioned cluster) may cluster with other free balloons (regardless of whether all the free balloons are released by the same person) resulting in a cluster that, including any object attached to any of the free balloons, measures 2 metres or longer in any linear dimension, must display a steady red light that is —| (a) | of at least 5 candela and showing in all directions; and | | (b) | suspended not less than 5 metres and not more than 10 metres below the basket or, if there is no basket, below the lowest part of the firstmentioned cluster. |
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(4) Any person who flies or operates a tethered balloon at a height exceeding 200 feet above mean sea level must —| (a) | if the person flies or operates the tethered balloon at night — ensure that lights are displayed in the following manner:| (i) | the following group of lights of at least 5 candela and showing in all directions:| (A) | one steady white light displayed not less than 5 metres and not more than 10 metres below the basket or, if there is no basket, below the lowest part of the tethered balloon; | | (B) | a steady red light displayed 4 metres below the steady white light mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A); |
| | (ii) | on the mooring cable, at intervals of not more than 300 metres, with the first interval being not more than 300 metres from the group of lights mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i), groups of lights of the colour and power to be displayed in the relative position specified in that sub‑paragraph, and, if the lowest group of lights is obscured by cloud, an additional group to be displayed below the cloud base; | | (iii) | on the surface, a group of 3 flashing lights with the following specifications to be arranged in a horizontal plane at the apexes of a triangle that is approximately equilateral, with each side measuring at least 25 metres:| (A) | 2 red lights to delimit one side of the triangle, which must be approximately at right angles to the horizontal projection of the mooring cable; | | (B) | one green light placed such that the triangle formed by this green light and the 2 red lights mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A) encloses the object on the surface to which the tethered balloon is moored; and |
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| | (b) | if the person flies or operates the tethered balloon by day — ensure that tubular streamers are attached to the mooring cable of the tethered balloon at intervals of not more than 200 metres, with the first interval being not more than 200 metres from the basket or, if there is no basket, from the lowest part of the tethered balloon. |
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(5) Any person who flies or operates a kite at a height exceeding 500 feet above mean sea level must —| (a) | if the person flies or operates the kite at night — ensure that lights are displayed in the following manner:| (i) | the following group of lights of at least 5 candela and showing in all directions:| (A) | one steady white light displayed not less than 5 metres and not more than 10 metres below the lowest part of the kite; | | (B) | a steady red light displayed 4 metres below the steady white light mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A); |
| | (ii) | on the mooring cable, at intervals of not more than 300 metres, with the first interval being not more than 300 metres from the group of lights mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i), groups of lights of the colour and power to be displayed in the relative position specified in that sub‑paragraph and, if the lowest group of lights is obscured by cloud, an additional group to be displayed below the cloud base; | | (iii) | on the surface, a group of 3 flashing lights with the following specifications to be arranged in a horizontal plane at the apexes of a triangle that is approximately equilateral, with each side measuring at least 25 metres:| (A) | 2 red lights to delimit one side of the triangle, which must be approximately at right angles to the horizontal projection of the mooring cable; | | (B) | one green light placed such that the triangle formed by that green light and the 2 red lights mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A) encloses the object on the surface to which the kite is moored; and |
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| | (b) | if the person flies or operates the kite by day, ensure that —| (i) | tubular streamers are attached to the mooring cable of the kite at intervals of not more than 200 metres, with the first interval being not more than 200 metres from the lowest part of the kite; or | | (ii) | streamers are attached to the mooring cable of the kite at intervals of not more than 100 metres, with the first interval being not more than 100 metres from the lowest part of the kite. |
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(6) For the purposes of this regulation —| (a) | any tubular streamer that is to be attached to the mooring cable of a tethered balloon or kite must be —| (i) | 40 centimetres or more in diameter; | | (ii) | 2 metres or more in length; and | | (iii) | marked with alternate bands of red and white that are 50 centimetres in width; and |
| | (b) | any streamer that is to be attached to the mooring cable of a kite must be —| (i) | 30 centimetres or more in width at its widest part; | | (ii) | 80 centimetres or more in length; and | | (iii) | marked with alternate bands of red and white that are 10 centimetres in width. |
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(7) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and | | (b) | for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months or to both. |
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| Disapplication of Regulations |
| 14. This Part does not apply to the conduct of any aerial activity indoors. |
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