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Bill C-259

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 24, 2022
An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system)
  • Bill C-259 is a proposed amendment to the Aeronautics Act in Canada. The purpose of this bill is to require certain types of aircraft to be equipped with a GPS-based collision avoidance system. Specifically, gliders with an enclosed cockpit that weigh more than 200 kg, as well as any aircraft used for towing those gliders, would be required to have this system. This amendment is intended to enhance the safety of these aircraft by mitigating the risk of collisions.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-259
An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system)
FIRST READING, March 24, 2022

Mrs. Kusie
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Aeronautics Act to provide that certain types of aircraft must be equipped with a GPS-based collision avoidance system.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-259

An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. A-2

Aeronautics Act

1 Section 4.‍71 of the Aeronautics Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

Collision avoidance system

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(3) In addition to any security requirements for equipment, systems and processes prescribed under paragraph (2)‍(l), gliders that have an enclosed cockpit and that weigh more than 200 kg, and any aircraft used for the towing of those gliders, must be equipped with a GPS-based collision avoidance system.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons