S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2020 No. 167  CIVIL AVIATION  The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Royal Air Force  Syerston) Regulations 2020  The Secretary of State has decided that it is in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of  Royal Air Force Syerston, Nottinghamshire, by reason of the intended holding of flying display  rehearsals there by a jet formation display team.  The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by  article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016( a ).  1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Royal Air  Force Syerston) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 17th March 2020.  2.  In regulation 3(1) the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time( b ).  3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), between 1030 hours and 1630 hours on each of the four days  from 17th to 20th March 2020, no aircraft is to fly below 8,300 feet above mean sea level within  the area bounded by a circle having a radius of 6 nautical miles whose centre is at 530113N  0005451W.  (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any aircraft—  (a) flying in accordance with a clearance issued by the air traffic control unit at Royal Air  Force Waddington, or  (b) operating with the permission of Royal Air Force Syerston air-ground service whilst in  the Syerston local flying area.  Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport  21st February 2020  David J Best  Grade 7  Department for Transport  ( a ) S.I. 2016/765, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.  ( b ) In these Regulations, Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).  Citation and commencement  Interpretation  Restricted airspace  Made - - - - 21st February 2020  Coming into force - - 17th March 2020 