The Air Navigation Order 2016

Application for registration U.K.

27.—(1) An application for the registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom must be made in writing to the CAA and must—

(a) include or be accompanied by such information and evidence relating to the aircraft and the ownership and chartering of the aircraft as the CAA may require to enable it to determine whether the aircraft may properly be registered in the United Kingdom and whether to issue the certificate of registration; and

(b) include the proper description of the aircraft according to column 3 of the “Classification of aircraft” in Part 1 of Schedule 4.

(2) If the CAA receives an application for the registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom and is satisfied that the aircraft may properly be so registered, the CAA must register the aircraft, wherever it may be, and include in the register the following information—

(a) the number of the certificate;

(b) the nationality mark of the aircraft and the registration mark assigned to it by the CAA;

(c) the manufacturer and the manufacturer's designation of the aircraft;

(d) the serial number of the aircraft;

(e) the name and address of every person who is entitled as owner to a legal interest in the aircraft or a share of the aircraft or, in the case of an aircraft which is the subject of a charter by demise, the name and address of the charterer by demise; and

(f) in the case of an aircraft registered under article 26(2) or 26(4), an indication that it is so registered.

(3) The CAA must supply to the registered owner a certificate of registration.

(4) A certificate of registration must include the information specified in paragraph (2) and the date on which the certificate was issued.