PART 5Operations
CHAPTER 4Other aerial activities
Release of small balloons93.
(1)
A person must not cause or permit—
(a)
a group of small balloons of more than 1,000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site wholly or partly within the aerodrome traffic zone of a notified aerodrome during the notified operating hours of that aerodrome unless that person has given to the CAA at least 28 days previous notice in writing of the release;
(b)
a group of small balloons of more than 2,000 but not more than 10,000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site—
(i)
within airspace notified for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; or
(ii)
within the aerodrome traffic zone of a notified aerodrome during the notified operating hours of that aerodrome,
except with the permission of the CAA; and
(c)
a group of small balloons greater than 10,000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site except with the permission of the CAA.
F1(2)
In this article, a specified number of balloons counts as “simultaneously released at a single site” if released during a period of not more than 15 minutes from within an area not more than 1km square.