Competent authority
270.—(1) The CAA is the national aviation authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Basic EASA Regulation.
(2) The CAA is the competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of—
(a)the EASA Aircraft Certification Regulation;
(b)the EASA Aircrew Regulation;
(c)the EASA Continuing Airworthiness Regulation;
(d)the EASA Air Operations Regulation;
(e)the EASA Aerodromes Regulation;
(f)the Standardised European Rules of the Air Regulation; and
(g)the Occurrence Reporting Regulation.
(3) The CAA is the competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of EU-OPS.
(4) The Secretary of State is the competent authority under article 15 of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom for the purposes of article 42 of that Directive.
(5) The CAA is the national supervisory authority and the competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of Article 4 and Article 27 of the EASA Air Traffic Controllers’ Licensing Regulation.