PART 5 U.K.Operations

CHAPTER 4U.K.Other aerial activities

[F1Certain small unmanned aircraft: requirement for registration as SUA operatorU.K.

94D.(1) This article applies to a flight by a small unmanned aircraft only if it has a mass of 250 grams or more without its fuel but including any articles or equipment installed in or attached to the aircraft at the commencement of its flight.

(2) The SUA operator must not cause or permit the small unmanned aircraft to be flown unless—

(a)the CAA has issued the SUA operator with a certificate of registration which is valid for that flight at the time of the flight, and

(b)the SUA operator’s registration number is displayed on the aircraft in the manner (if any) that is prescribed.

(3) The remote pilot of the small unmanned aircraft must not fly it unless the remote pilot has reasonably formed the view that the SUA operator complies with the requirements in paragraph (2) in relation to that flight.

(4) In this article—

“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under article 94C;

“registration number” means the ten digit registration number assigned by the CAA in relation to an SUA operator’s registration under article 94C.]

Textual Amendments

F1Arts. 94A-94G inserted (30.7.2018 for specified purposes, 30.11.2019 in so far as not already in force) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2)(4), 7