Appendix 1

 Transitional Arrangements

 

 

173.aa1 Effectivity

(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.