| (1) | The Meteorological Service Provider shall establish necessary facilities to enable the provision of meteorological information. |
| (2) | Facilities referred to in subregulation (1) shall include— |
| (a) | an aerodrome meteorological office; |
| (c) | an aerodrome meteorological station; and |
| (d) | a telecommunication and data link facility. |
| (3) | An MWO shall continuously monitor hazardous meteorological conditions over a delegated airspace. |
| (4) | An MWO shall maintain a continuous watch over an area that coincides with a designated FIR including delegated areas over international waters. |
| (5) | The Meteorological Service Provider shall implement procedures to ensure that— |
| (a) | facilities and systems established in terms of subregulation (2) are maintained and tested on a regular basis for normal operations; and |
| (b) | records of facilities, systems, and equipment failures and degradation are maintained and periodically reviewed. |
| (a) | prepare SIGMET and other information relating to its area of responsibility; |
| (b) | supply SIGMET information and other meteorological information to associated ATSU, as required; |
| (c) | disseminate SIGMET information; |
| (d) | prepare AIRMET information related to its area of responsibility; |
| (e) | supply AIRMET information to associated ATSU; |
| (f) | disseminate AIRMET information; |
| (g) | supply information received on pre-eruption volcanic activity, a volcanic eruption, and volcanic ash cloud for which a SIGMET has not already been issued, to its associated area control centre or flight information centre, as agreed between a meteorological and ATS authorities concerned, and to its associated VAAC as determined by regional air navigation agreement; and |
| (h) | supply information received concerning the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere, in the area for which it maintains watch or adjacent areas, to— |
| (i) | its associated area control centre or flight information centre, as agreed between a meteorological and ATS authorities concerned, and |
| (ii) | aeronautical information service units, as agreed between meteorological and appropriate civil aviation authorities concerned. |
[Regulation 174.02.2(6) inserted by regulation 8(f) of Notice No. 5008, GG50880, dated 28 June 2024 (Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2024)]
| (7) | The information referred to in subregulation (6) pertaining to radioactive material shall comprise of location, date and time of the release, and forecast trajectories of the radioactive material. |
[Regulation 174.02.2(7) inserted by regulation 8(f) of Notice No. 5008, GG50880, dated 28 June 2024 (Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2024)]
| (8) | An MWO shall coordinate SIGMET with neighbouring MWOs' when enroute weather phenomenon extends or i s expected to extend beyond an MWOs' specified area of responsibility. to ensure the provision of harmonized SIGMET information. |
[Regulation 174.02.2(8) inserted by regulation 8(f) of Notice No. 5008, GG50880, dated 28 June 2024 (Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2024)]
| (9) | The boundaries of the area over which meteorological watch is to be maintained by an MWO should be coincident with the boundaries of an FIR or a CTA or a combination of both. |
[Regulation 174.02.2(9) inserted by regulation 8(f) of Notice No. 5008, GG50880, dated 28 June 2024 (Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2024)]
[Regulation 174.02.2 substituted by regulation 23(c) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
