SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Unmanned aircraft: powers of police officers relating to ANO 2016
Provision of evidence of exemptions for certain flights
I17
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, as respects the flight, the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft, and
b
has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a provision of the ANO 2016 is or was being contravened unless an ANO exemption is or was applicable as respects—
i
a person and the unmanned aircraft and the flight, or
ii
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 an ANO exemption.
3
In this paragraph “ANO exemption” means an exemption under article 266 of the ANO 2016.
4
The evidence which a constable may require a person to provide under this paragraph includes evidence of the applicability of an ANO exemption to a person, or the unmanned aircraft, as respects the flight.
5
P is guilty of an offence if—
a
P without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a constable under this paragraph to provide, as respects P and the unmanned aircraft and the flight, or as respects the unmanned aircraft and the flight, evidence of an ANO exemption,
b
P is or was the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
c
the ANO exemption is or was applicable as respects—
i
P and the unmanned aircraft and the flight, or
ii
the unmanned aircraft and the flight.
6
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.
7
Paragraph 10 includes a defence to the offence under this paragraph.