AIP for IRELAND(section GEN-1.6)valid from 14 MAY 2026

GEN 1.6 Summary of national regulations and international agreements/conventions

The following is a list of civil aviation legislation, air navigation regulations, etc., in force in Ireland. It is essential that anyone engaged in air operations be acquainted with the relevant regulations.

Copies of the following documents may be obtained from

Post:

Government Publications
52 St Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel:+353 1 647 6834

Tel:1890 213 434

URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/

1. ireland

1.1 Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936 (As Amended)

Article NR.	Regulations and Decrees pursuant to the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936 (As Amended)
460	Air Navigation (Notification and Investigation of Accidents, Serious Incidents and Incidents) Regulations 2009
198	Air Navigation and Transport (Application of Regulations to State Aircraft) (Government) Order, 1997.

1.2 Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1946 (As Amended)

Article NR.	Regulations and Decrees pursuant to the Aviation Act
74	Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order, 1952
224	Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973
130	Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) (Amendment) Order 1989
322	Air Navigation (Transfer of Certain Functions and Duties of State of Registry of Aircraft) Order, 1989
12	Air Navigation (Interception of Aircraft) Order, 1990
206	Air Navigation (Application of Regulations to State Aircraft) (Ministerial) Order 1997

1.3 Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1998 (As Amended)

Article NR.	Regulations and Decrees pursuant to the Aviation Act
138	Aerodrome Insurance (Form of Certificate of Insurance) Regulations 1998

1.4 Air Navigation and Transport Act, 2022

1.5 Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004

Article NR.	Regulations and Decrees pursuant to the Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004
390	Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004 (Revision of Limits of Liability) Order 2010

1.6 Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993

Article NR.	Regulations and Decrees pursuant to the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993
298	Irish Aviation Authority (Operations Order) 2024
102	Irish Aviation Authority (Noise Certification and Limitation) Order 2023
103	Irish Aviation Authority (Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2023
24	Irish Aviation Authority (Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)) Order 2023
23	Irish Aviation Authority (Flying Displays) Order 2023
25	Irish Aviation Authority (Upper Airspace and Rockets) Order, 2023
212	Irish Aviation Authority (Regulation of Irish Coast Guard Operations) Order 2022
22	Irish Aviation Authority (Testing for Alcohol) Order, 2021 (SI 22 of 2021)
266	Irish Aviation Authority (Standardised Rules of the Air) Order, 2019
107	Irish Aviation Authority (Nationality and Registration of Aircraft) Order, 2015
356	Irish Aviation Authority (Aerodrome Standards) Order, 2008
355	Irish Aviation Authority (Aerodromes and Visual Ground Aids) Order, 2008
806	Irish Aviation Authority (Designated Areas) Order, 2007
777	Irish Aviation Authority (Protected Area) Order, 2005
215	Irish Aviation Authority (Obstacles to aircraft in flight) Order, 2005
856	Irish Aviation Authority (Air Traffic Control Standards) Order, 2004
855	Irish Aviation Authority (Air Traffic Services Systems) Order, 2004
684	Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft)(Amendment) Order, 2003
683	Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) (Amendment) Order, 2003
387	Irish Aviation Authority (Eurocontrol Safety Regulatory Requirements) Order, 2003
333	Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Order, 2000

2. EUROPEAN

2.1 European Communities Act 1972

Article NR.	European Communities Act 1972
195	European Union (Reporting, Analysis and Follow-up of Occurrences in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2020
175	European Union (Air Traffic-Flow Management) Regulations 2012
283	European Communities (Harmonisation of Technical Requirements and Administrative Procedures in the Field of Civil Aviation) Regulations 2008
754	European Communities (Safety of Third-Country Aircraft using Community Airports) Regulations 2007
226	The European Communities (Civil Aviation Security) Regulations 2003 (As Amended)
469	European Communities (European Aviation Safety Agency) Regulations 2003
645	European Communities (Air Navigation and Transport Rules and Procedures for Noise Related Operating Restrictions at Airports) Regulations 2003

3. INTERNATIONAL

3.1 International Agreements/Conventions

International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air (with Additional Protocol), Warsaw, 12 October 1929.
Protocols regarding the Amendment of the Convention relating to the Regulation of Air Navigation of 13 October, 1919, Brussels, 1 June, 1935.
Convention on International Civil Aviation (The Chicago Convention) 7 December 1944.
International Air Services Transit Agreement, done at Chicago on 7 December 1944.
Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw on 12 October, 1929, The Hague, 28 September, 1955.
International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) with Annexes and Protocol of Signature, Brussels, 13 December, 1960.
Multilateral Agreement relating to Certificates of Airworthiness for Imported Aircraft, Paris, 22 April, 1960.
Carriage by Air performed by a person other than the Contracting Carrier, Guadalajara, 18 September, 1961.
Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Commited Board Aircraft, Tokyo, 14 September, 1963.
Convention supplementary to the Warsaw Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Agreement on the Procedure for the Establishment of Tariffs for Scheduled Air Services, Paris, 10 July, 1967.
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, The Hague, 16 December, 1970.
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports serving International Civil Aviation, Montreal, 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Montreal, 23 September 1971.
Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, Montreal on 28 May 1999. Agreement amending the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Air Transport Preclearance 2019.
Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment, done at Cape Town on 16 November 2001.

GEN 1.6 Summary of national regulations and international agreements/conventions

1. ireland

2. EUROPEAN

3. INTERNATIONAL

4. Miscellaneous