SERA.1001 General

(a) For flight over the high seas, the rules specified in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention shall apply without exception. For the purposes of continuity and seamless operation of air traffic services [...], the provisions of Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention may be applied in airspace over high seas in a manner that is consistent with how those provisions are applied over the territory of the United Kingdom. This shall be without prejudice to the operations of State Aircraft under Article 3 of the Chicago Convention. This shall also be without prejudice to the responsibilities of the United Kingdom to ensure that aircraft operations within the Flight Information Regions within which [the United Kingdom is] responsible for the provision of air traffic services in accordance with ICAO regional air navigation agreements are undertaken in a safe, expeditious and efficient manner.

(b) For those parts of the high seas where the United Kingdom has accepted, pursuant to an ICAO regional air navigation agreement, the responsibility of providing air traffic services, the Secretary of State shall designate the ATS provider for providing those services.