The General Aviation (Persons on Board, Flight Information and Civil Penalties) Regulations 2024

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the advance reporting requirements for those operating general aviation flights to and from the UK along with the time limits for the supply of such information, the form and manner in which the information is to be supplied and requirements as to the receipt of communications from the Secretary of State or an immigration officer.

Regulation 2 requires the responsible person in respect of an aircraft to supply specified information relating to persons on board and the flight to the Secretary of State. The information which must be supplied is set out in the Schedule.

Regulation 3 exempts military personnel travelling in the course of their employment and flights with only military personnel on board.

Regulation 4 sets out the time limit for the provision of the information.

Regulation 5 sets out the form and manner in which the information is to be supplied and requires the responsible persons in respect of the aircraft to be able to receive communications from the Secretary of State in relation to the information supplied. The Secretary of State will publish on the relevant page of www.gov.uk a list of approved applications and online systems under regulation 5(1)(b).

Regulation 6 amends the Passenger, Crew and Service Information (Civil Penalties) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/961) so that a failure to comply with the information requirements may give rise to a penalty.

A full Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because a consultation-stage impact assessment of the regulations was carried out and published alongside the consultation document. A copy of that assessment is available from the Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.