Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 174 : Meteorological Information ServicesSubpart 4 : Provision of Meteorological Information174.04.5 World area forecast products |
| (1) | A meteorological service provider shall put in place procedures to receive world area forecast products from a world area forecast centre, volcanic ash advisory centre, space weather centre, and tropical cyclone advisory centre. |
[Regulation 174.04.5(1) substituted by regulation 8(l) of Notice No. 5008, GG50880, dated 28 June 2024 (Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2024)]
| (2) | Procedures referred to in subregulation (1) shall enable a meteorological service provider to— |
| (a) | receive and process reports of pre-eruption volcanic activity, volcanic eruptions and volcanic ash cloud received from a designated volcanic ash advisory centre; |
| (b) | notify a volcanic ash advisory centre when a volcano has erupted or is expected to erupt, or a volcanic ash is reported within its FIR; and |
| (c) | notify the tropical cyclone advisory centre when a tropical cyclone is developing or is expected to develop over its area of responsibility. |
| (3) | A meteorological service provider shall provide world area forecast products to air service operator and flight crew without any modifications. |
[Regulation 174.04.5 inserted by regulation 19 of Notice No. R. 520, GG 42632, dated 29 March 2019 (Twentieth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2019)]