CIVIL AVIATION 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, and shall come into force on 9th May 1995. 2 For regulation 4(2), (3) and (4) of the Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993 there shall be substituted— 2 a For the purpose of calculating the total weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the passengers and crew together with their hand baggage entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each person and their hand baggage and for that purpose each person and their hand baggage shall be separately weighed: Provided that the total weights of the passengers and crew together with their hand baggage may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), be calculated at not less than the appropriate weights shown in Tables 1 or 2 and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect. TABLE 1 Passenger seats available 20 or more Male Female 30 or more All adult Passengers on all flights except holiday charters 88 kg 70 kg 84 kg Passengers on holiday charters 83 kg 69 kg 76 kg Children (between 2 – 12 years) or infants under 2 years of age if occupying a separate seat 35 kg 35 kg Infants under 2 years of age if sharing a seat with an adult 0 kg 0 kg Flight crew 85 kg 85 kg Cabin crew 75 kg 75 kg b Where the total number of passenger seats available on an aircraft is 20 or more, the weights for males and females in Table 1 are applicable. As an alternative, where the total number of passenger seats available is 30 or more, the all adult weights in Table 1 may be used for passengers over the age of 12 years. c For the purpose of Table 1, “holiday charter” means a flight by an aircraft for the carriage of passengers each of whom is carried pursuant to an agreement which provides for carriage by air to a place outside Great Britain and back from that place, or from another place to Great Britain (whether or not on the same aircraft) and for accommodation at a place outside Great Britain. d Where the total number of passenger seats available on an aircraft is 19 or less the weights in Table 2 are applicable. TABLE 2 Passenger seats available 1 – 5 6 – 9 10 – 19 Male passengers 104 kg 96 kg 92 kg Female passengers 86 kg 78 kg 74 kg Children (between 2 – 12 years) or infants under 2 years of age if occupying a separate seat 35 kg 35 kg 35 kg Infants under 2 years of age if sharing a seat with an adult 0 kg 0 kg 0 kg Flight crew 85 kg 85 kg 85 kg Cabin crew 75 kg 75 kg 75 kg e On flights where no hand baggage is carried or where such hand baggage is accounted for separately, 6 kg may be deducted from the weight of passengers over 12 years of age when using Table 2. f Where any immersion suit is worn or carried by a passenger or crew member, 3 kg shall be added to the appropriate weight shown in Table 1 or 2 in each such case. 3 a For the purpose of calculating the total weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the hold baggage and cargo entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each piece of baggage, cargo or cargo container and for that purpose each piece or container shall be separately weighed: Provided that, in the case of an aircraft where the total number of passenger seats available is 20 or more, the total weights of the hold baggage may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), be calculated at not less than the weights shown in Table 3 and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect— TABLE 3 Journey made by aircraft Hold baggage per piece Domestic 11 kg European 13 kg Intercontinental 15 kg b For the purposes of this paragraph: i A journey made by an aircraft shall be treated as domestic if it is confined within an area enclosed by rhumb lines joining successively the following points— N6100.00 W01100.00 N6100.00 E00200.00 N5105.00 E00200.00 N4930.00 W00400.00 N4930.00 W01100.00 N6100.00 W01100.00 but excluding any journey to or from Shannon. ii A journey made by an aircraft, not being a domestic journey, shall be treated as European if it is confined within an area enclosed by rhumb lines joining successively the following points— N7200.00 E04500.00 N4000.00 E04500.00 N3500.00 E03700.00 N3000.00 E03700.00 N3000.00 W00600.00 N2700.00 W00900.00 N2700.00 W03000.00 N6700.00 W03000.00 N7200.00 W01000.00 N7200.00 E04500.00 iii A journey made by an aircraft shall be treated as intercontinental if it is neither domestic nor European. 4 a If it appears to the person supervising the loading of the aircraft that: i any person and his hand baggage to be carried exceeds the weights set out in Tables 1 or 2; ii where paragraph (2)(e) applies, any passenger to be carried exceeds the weights set out in Table 2 as adjusted in accordance with that paragraph; or iii any hold baggage to be carried exceeds the weights set out in Table 3: he shall, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, or if the Authority has so directed in the particular case, require any such person and his hand baggage, passenger or hold baggage, as the case may be, to be weighed for the purpose of the entry to be made in the load sheet. b If any person and his hand baggage, passenger or any hold baggage has been weighed pursuant to sub-paragraph (a), the weights entered in the load sheet shall take account of the actual weight of that person and his hand baggage, that passenger or that hold baggage, as the case may be, or of the weight determined in accordance with the respective provisos to paragraph (2) or (3), whichever weight shall be the greater. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Goschen Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Transport 19th April 1995