7(1)A constable may exercise the power conferred by this paragraph in relation to a person (P) if the constable—U.K.
(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.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 in force at 29.4.2021 for specified purposes and 29.6.2021 for all other purposes, see s. 21(1)(a)(2)