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(a) Every instrument flight procedure must be designed in accordance with the requirements of this Part and in accordance with the appropriate design processes, standards, guidelines, and aeronautical data quality requirements contained in the following:
(1) ICAO Documents—
(i) Doc 8168, Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Aircraft Operations (ICAO PANS-OPS) — Volume I Flight Procedures, and Volume II, Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures:
(ii) Doc 8697, Aeronautical Chart Manual:
(iii) Doc 9365, Manual of All-Weather Operations:
(iv) Doc 9613 Performance Based Navigation Manual — Volume I Concept and Implementation Guidance, and Volume II Implementing RNAV and RNP:
(v) Doc 9881, Guidelines for Electronic Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome Mapping Information:
(2) ICAO Annexes—
(i) Annex 4, Aeronautical Charts:
(ii) Annex 6, Operation of Aircraft:
(iii) Annex 11, Air Traffic Services:
(iv) Annex 14, Volumes I & II Aerodromes:
(v) Annex 15, Aeronautical Information Services:
(3) Any other guideline or standard that is applicable to a particular type of instrument flight procedure and is acceptable to the Director.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), if there is a conflicting difference between any of the applicable design processes, standards, guidelines, or aeronautical data quality requirements, the particular design process, standard or guideline to be used must be acceptable to, or specified by, the Director.
(c) The design of an instrument flight procedure must—
(1) be coordinated with all appropriate air traffic service providers; and
(2) be compatible with any air traffic service and associated procedure that is provided within the area or areas of airspace where the instrument flight procedure is intended to be established; and
(3) take into account—
(i) any noise abatement procedure prescribed by Part 93; and
(ii) any bylaws or other legislation restricting aircraft operations; and
(iii) the classification and any associated designation of the airspace in which the instrument flight procedure is to be established and any adjacent airspace that may be affected by the procedure; and
(iv) the effect that the proposed instrument flight procedure may have on any other instrument flight procedure established in the airspace.
(d) An instrument flight procedure must not be designed for an aerodrome or heliport unless the operator of the aerodrome or heliport agrees in writing that the aerodrome or heliport may be used for IFR operations using the intended instrument flight procedure.
(e) An instrument flight procedure must not be designed on or use a ground based aeronautical facility unless—
(1) the aeronautical facility is operated under the authority of an aeronautical telecommunication service certificate issued in accordance with Part 171; and
(2) the holder of the aeronautical telecommunication service certificate agrees in writing that the aeronautical facility can be used for the intended instrument flight procedure.
