Air Navigation Order 1970
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1970/954 |
| Year | 1970 |
1970 No. 954
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation Order 197026thJune 1970
13thJuly 1970
15thJuly 1970 for all other purposes for all other purposes for all other purposes31stJuly 1970
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND REVOCATION
Article
1. Citation and commencement.
2. Revocation.
PART I
REGISTRATION AND MARKING OF AIRCRAFT
3. Aircraft to be registered.
4. Registration of aircraft in the United Kingdom.
5. Nationality and registration marks.
PART II
AIR OPERATORS' CERTIFICATES
6. Issue, revocation, etc., of air operators' certificates.
PART III
AIR WORTHINESS AND EQUIPMENT OF AIRCRAFT
7. Certificate of airworthiness to be in force.
8. Issue and renewal of certificates of airworthiness.
9. Certification of maintenance.
10. Inspection, overhaul, repair, replacement and modification.
11. Licensing of maintenance engineers.
12. Equipment of aircraft.
13. Radio equipment of aircraft.
14. Aircraft, engine and propeller log books.
15. Aircraft weight schedule.
16. Access and inspection for airworthiness purposes.
PART IV
AIRCRAFT CREW AND LICENSING
17. Composition of crew of aircraft.
18. Members of flight crew—licences.
19. Grant and renewal of licences to members of flight crew.
20. Validation of licences.
21. Personal flying log book.
22. Instruction in flying.
23. Glider pilot—minimum age.
PART V
OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
24. Operations Manual.
25. Public transport—operators' responsibilities.
26. Loading—public transport aircraft and suspended loads.
27. Public transport—operating conditions.
28. Aircraft not registered in the United Kingdom—weather conditions.
29. Pre-flight action by commander of aircraft.
30. Pilots to remain at controls.
31. Public transport of passengers—duties of commander.
32. Operation of radio in aircraft.
33. Use of flight recorders and preservation of records.
34. Towing of gliders.
35. Towing, picking up and raising of persons and articles.
36. Dropping of persons and articles.
37. Carriage of munitions of war.
38. Carriage of dangerous goods.
39. Method of carriage of persons.
40. Exits and break-in markings.
41. Imperilling safety of aircraft.
42. Imperilling safety of any person or property.
43. Drunkenness in aircraft.
44. Smoking in aircraft.
45. Authority of commander of aircraft.
46. Stowaways.
PART VI
FATIGUE OF CREW
47. Application and interpretation of Part VI.
48. Duties of operators to prevent excessive fatigue of crew.
49. Establishment of limits on flight times, flying duty periods and rest periods.
50. Maximum flying duty periods for flight crew.
51. Minimum rest periods for flight crew.
52. Records of flight times and duty periods.
53. Maximum flight times for flight crews.
54. Provision for particular cases.
PART VII
DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS
55. Documents to be carried.
56. Production of documents and records.
57. Preservation of documents, etc.
58. Revocation, suspension and variation of certificates, licences and other documents.
59. Offences in relation to documents and records.
PART VIII
CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC
60. Rules of the air and air traffic control.
61. Power to prohibit or restrict flying.
62. Balloons, kites and airships.
PART IX
AERODROMES, AERONAUTICAL LIGHTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTS
63. Aerodromes: public transport of passengers and instruction in flying.
64. Use of Government aerodromes.
65. Licensing of aerodromes.
66. Records at aerodromes.
67. Charges at aerodromes licensed for public use.
68. Use of aerodromes by aircraft of Contracting States and of the Commonwealth.
69. Noise and vibration caused by aircraft on aerodromes.
70. Aeronautical lights.
71. Dangerous lights.
72. Customs airports.
PART X
GENERAL
73. Restriction with respect to carriage for hire or reward in aircraft registered outside the United Kingdom.
74. Power to prevent aircraft flying.
75. Right of access to aerodromes and other places.
76. Obstruction of persons.
77. Enforcement of directions.
78. Fees.
79. Exercise of powers, etc., of the Board outside the United Kingdom.
80. Penalties.
81. Extra-territorial effect of the Order.
82. Application of Order to British-controlled aircraft not registered in the United Kingdom.
83. Application of Order to the Crown and visiting forces, etc.
84. Exemption from Order.
85. Interpretation.
86. Saving.
87. Small aircraft.
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1—Part A. Table of General classification of aircraft.
Part B. Nationality and registration marks of aircraft registered in the United Kingdom.
Schedule 2—A, B and C conditions.
Schedule 3—Categories of aircraft.
Schedule 4—Maintenance engineers: privileges of licences.
Schedule 5—Aircraft equipment.
Schedule 6—Radio apparatus to be carried in aircraft.
Schedule 7—Aircraft, engine and propeller log books.
Schedule 8—Areas specified in connection with the carriage of flight navigators as members of the flight crews of public transport aircraft.
Schedule 9—Flight crew of aircraft: licences and ratings.
Schedule 10—Public transport: operational requirements.
Schedule 11—Documents to be carried by aircraft registered in the United Kingdom.
Schedule 12—Penalties.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of June 1970
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 8, 41, 57, 58, 59 and 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949(a), and section 20 of the Civil Aviation Act 1968(b), and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
(a) 1949 c. 67.
(b) 1968 c. 61.
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND REVOCATION
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation Order 1970.
(2) This Order shall come into operation—
(a) on 15th July 1970, for the purpose of enabling the Board to make regulations thereunder and
(b) on 31st July 1970, for all other purposes.
Revocation
2.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the following Orders are hereby revoked, that is to say—
The Air Navigation Order 1966(a).
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 1966(b).
The Air Navigation (Second Amendment) Order 1967(c).
The Air Navigation (Third Amendment) Order 1968(d).
The Air Navigation (Fourth Amendment) Order 1969(e).
The Air Navigation (Fifth Amendment) Order 1970(f).
(2) (a) Section 38(2) of the Interpretation Act 1889(g) (which relates to the effect of repeals) shall apply to this Order as if this Order were an Act of Parliament and as if the Orders revoked by paragraph (1) of this Article were Acts of Parliament thereby repealed.
(b) This Order shall apply to or in relation to any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority, log book, record or other document issued, granted, made or having effect under any Order revoked by this Order, as it applies to a certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority, log book, record or other document issued, granted or made under this Order.
(c) Any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority or other document issued, granted or having effect under any Order revoked by this Order in force at the date of the coming into operation of this Order shall, subject to the provisions of Article 58 of this Order, remain in force and shall have effect for the purposes of this Order as if it had been granted under the corresponding provisions thereof:
Provided that any such document which is expressed to remain in force for a definite period shall remain in force, unless renewed, only until the expiration of that period.
PART I
REGISTRATION AND MARKING OF AIRCRAFT
Aircraft to be registered
3.—(1) An aircraft shall not fly over the United Kingdom unless it is registered in:
(a) some part of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a Contracting State; or
(a) S.I. 1966/1184 (1966 III, p. 3073).
(b) S.I. 1966/1408 (1966 III, p. 3769).
(c) S.I. 1967/1678 (1967 III, p. 4592).
(d) S.I. 1968/1857 (1968 III, p. 4883).
(e) S.I. 1969/1082 (1969 II, p. 3153).
(f) S.I. 1970/156 (1970 I, p. 709).
(g) 1889 c. 63.
(c) some other country in relation to which there is in force an agreement between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of that country which makes provision for the flight over the United Kingdom of aircraft registered in that country:
Provided that:
(i) a glider may fly unregistered, and shall be deemed to be registered in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Articles 12, 13, 18 and 29 of this Order, on any flight which:
(a) begins and ends in the United Kingdom without passing over any other country, and
(b) is not for the purpose of public transport or aerial work;
(ii) any aircraft may fly unregistered on any flight which:
(a) begins and ends in the United Kingdom without passing over any other country, and
(b) is in accordance with the "B Conditions" set forth in Schedule 2 to this Order;
(iii) this paragraph shall not apply to any kite or captive balloon.
(2) If an aircraft flies over the United Kingdom in contravention of paragraph (1) of this Article in such manner or circumstances that if the aircraft had been registered in the United Kingdom an offence against this Order or any regulations made thereunder would have been committed, the like offence shall be deemed to have been committed in respect of that aircraft.
Registration of aircraft in the United Kingdom
4.—(1) The Board shall be the authority for the registration of aircraft in the United Kingdom.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Article, an aircraft shall not be registered or continue to be registered in the United Kingdom if it appears to the Board that:
(a) the aircraft is registered anywhere outside the United Kingdom and that such registration does not cease by operation of law upon the aircraft being registered in the United Kingdom; or
(b) an unqualified person is entitled as owner to any legal or beneficial interest in the aircraft or any share therein; or
(c) the aircraft could more suitably be registered in some...
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