(a)
After ECAR Part 173 comes into
force, any organization that currently provides an aeronautical information
service and which is required under ECAR Part 173 to hold an aeronautical
information service certification may continue to provide the service under
existing delegations, where delegation is defined as:
Permitting
the appropriate ATC unit or air traffic controller to handle AIS if no AIS
personnel is available or no AIS office has been established
until the expiration of a period of
12-months from the date that ECAR Part 173 commences.
(b) At the expiration of 12-months, all such
organizations must be operating under an ECAR Part 173 certification.