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The Air Navigation Order 2016
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Small unmanned aircraft[F1: requirements]U.K.
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94.—(1) A person must not cause or permit any article or animal (whether or not attached to a parachute) to be dropped from a small unmanned aircraft so as to endanger persons or property.
(2) The [F2remote pilot] of a small unmanned aircraft may only fly the aircraft if reasonably satisfied that the flight can safely be made.
(3) The [F3remote pilot] of a small unmanned aircraft must maintain direct, unaided visual contact with the aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions.
[F4(4) If a small unmanned aircraft has a mass of more than 7kg excluding its fuel but including any articles or equipment installed in or attached to the aircraft at the commencement of its flight, the SUA operator must not cause or permit the aircraft to be flown, and the remote pilot in charge of the aircraft must not fly it—]
(a)in Class A, C, D or E airspace unless the permission of the appropriate air traffic control unit has been obtained; [F5or]
(b)within an aerodrome traffic zone during the notified hours of watch of the air traffic control unit (if any) at that aerodrome unless the permission of any such air traffic control unit has been obtained. F6...
(c)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F7(4A) Paragraph (4) does not apply to any flight within the flight restriction zone of a protected aerodrome (within the meaning given in article 94B).]
[F8(5) The SUA operator must not cause or permit a small unmanned aircraft to be flown for the purposes of commercial operations, and the remote pilot of a small unmanned aircraft must not fly it for the purposes of commercial operations, except in accordance with a permission granted by the CAA.]
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F1Word in art. 94 heading inserted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(a)
F2Words in art. 94(2) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(b)
F3Words in art. 94(3) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(c)
F4Words in art. 94(4) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(d)(i)
F5Word in art. 94(4)(a) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(d)(ii)
F6Art. 94(4)(c) and word omitted (30.7.2018) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(d)(iii)
F7Art. 94(4A) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(e)
F8Art. 94(5) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 6(f)
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