PART 23 APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

190 Application of the Order to the Crown and visiting forces etc.
1 Subject to the following provisions of this article, the provisions of this Order apply to or in relation to aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of Her Majesty as they apply to or in relation to other aircraft.
2 For the purposes of such application, the Department or other authority for the time being responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of the aircraft is deemed to be the operator of the aircraft and, in the case of an aircraft belonging to Her Majesty, to be the owner of the interest of Her Majesty in the aircraft.
3 Nothing in this article renders liable to any penalty any department or other authority responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of any aircraft.
4 Paragraph (5) applies to the naval, military and air force authorities and members of any visiting force and any international headquarters and the members thereof and property held or used for the purpose of such a force or headquarters
5 Except as otherwise expressly provided, each body and person and any property to which paragraph (4) applies is exempt from the provisions of this Order and of any regulations made under it to the same extent as if it formed part of the forces of Her Majesty raised in the United Kingdom and for the time being serving in the Territory.
6 Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (7), articles 61(3)(a), 69(7), (13) and (14), and 160 and the Rules of the Air, nothing in this Order applies to or in relation to any military aircraft.
7 Where a military aircraft is flown by a civilian pilot and is not commanded by a person who is acting in the course of his or her duty as a member of any of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces or as a member of a visiting force or international headquarters, articles 68, 176, 177, and 178 and the Rules of the Air apply unless, in the case of the Rules of the Air, an aircraft is flown in compliance with Military Flying Regulations or Flying Orders to Contractors issued by the Secretary of State.