(1) Every VFR flight shall be so conducted that the aircraft is flown with visual reference to the surface by day and to identifiable objects by night and at no time above more than three eighths of cloud within a radius of 5 NM of such aircraft and—
(a) in the case of aircraft excluding helicopters operating under conditions of visibility and distance from cloud equal to, or greater than, the conditions specified in tables 1 and 2—
Table 1
Table 2
In Airspaces other than those specified in Table 1
Provided that the minima specified in Table 1 are not applicable when entering or leaving a CTR and the flight has received clearance from an ATSU to operate under Special VFR minima as referred to in regulation 91.06.22—
(i) entering or leaving a CTR and the flight has received clearance from an ATSU to operate under Special VFR minima as prescribed in regulation 91.06.22; or
(ii) entering or leaving an ATZ on a cross-country flight; and
(iii) a pilot in the aircraft maintains two-way radio communication with the aerodrome control tower or aerodrome flight information service unit, in which case the pilot may leave or enter the aerodrome traffic zone when the ground visibility is equal to or greater than 5 km and the ceiling is equal to or higher than 500 ft;