The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) (Second Amendment) Regulations 1998
These Regulations further amend the Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1997 (the “principal Regulations”) as follows:In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations the definition of “ ECUs” is withdrawn (regulation 2(1)).Regulation 5(1) is amended to require the payment of charges in euros (regulation 2(2)). Consequential changes are made in regulation 2(2) and (4).In regulation 5(4) of the principal Regulations the rate of interest payable is decreased from 7.73% to 6.75% (regulation 2(3)).In paragraph (v) of regulation 7 the exemption from the regulations in the case of flights made by aircraft which are used in the service of a State is amended to restrict the exemption to flights made exclusively for the purpose of the carriage on official business of a reigning Monarch or his immediate family, a Head of State, a Head of Government or a Government Minister (regulation 2(5)).New unit rates are introduced in Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations. Unit rates are expressed in euros.