SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Unmanned aircraft: powers of police officers relating to ANO 2016
Provision of evidence of consents for certain flights
I16
1
A constable may exercise the power conferred by this paragraph in relation to a person (P) if the constable—
a
has reasonable grounds for believing that—
i
a flight by an unmanned aircraft is taking place or has taken place, and
ii
P is or was the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
b
has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a provision of the ANO 2016 is or was being contravened unless a relevant consent is or was applicable as respects the unmanned aircraft and the flight.
2
The constable may require P to provide, as respects the unmanned aircraft and the flight, such evidence as the constable considers reasonable of a relevant consent.
3
In this paragraph “relevant consent” means a permission, operational authorisation, LUC, authorisation or certification required by, or referred to in, any of the following provisions of the ANO 2016—
a
article 94A (permission for flights over or near aerodromes);
b
article 265A(1)(b) (operational authorisation, LUC with appropriate privileges, or authorisation);
c
article 265A(1)(c) (certification of UAS and UAS operator);
d
article 265B(1)(b) (operational authorisation, LUC with appropriate privileges, or authorisation);
e
article 265B(1)(c) (certification of UAS and UAS operator);
f
article 265E(3) (tethered small unmanned aircraft: permission from CAA).
4
P is guilty of an offence if—
a
P fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a constable under this paragraph to provide, as respects a flight by an unmanned aircraft, evidence of a relevant consent,
b
P is or was the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
c
the relevant consent is or was applicable as respects the unmanned aircraft and the flight.
5
A person who is guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
6
Paragraph 10 includes a defence to the offence under this paragraph.