ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Air Traffic Services) Regulations
23. Coordination between military authorities and air traffic services
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
23. Coordination between military authorities and air traffic services
(1)Air traffic services authorities shall establish and maintain close cooperation with military authorities responsible for activities between military that may affect flights of civil aircraft.(2)Coordination of activities that are potentially hazardous to civil aircraft shall be effected in accordance with regulation 24.(3)Arrangements shall be made to permit information relevant to the safe and expeditious conduct of flights of civil aircraft to be promptly exchanged between air traffic services units and appropriate military units.(4)Air traffic services units shall, in accordance with locally agreed procedures, provide appropriate military units with pertinent flight plan and other data concerning flights of civil aircraft.(5)Air traffic services authorities shall designate any areas or routes where the requirements of Civil Aviation (Rules of the Air) regulations, 2018 concerning flight plans, two-way communications and position reporting apply to all flights to facilitate identification of civil aircraft.(6)Special procedures shall be established in order to ensure that—(a)air traffic services units are notified if a military unit observes that an aircraft which is or might be a civil aircraft is approaching or has entered any area in which interception might become necessary;(b)all possible efforts are made to confirm the identity of the aircraft and to provide it with the navigational guidance necessary to avoid the need for interception.