Air Navigation Order 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/1965 |
| Year | 1980 |
1980 No. 1965
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation Order 198017thDecember 1980
19thJanuary 1981
9thFebruary 1981
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 of air operators' certificates.
PART III
AIRWORTHINESS AND EQUIPMENT OF AIRCRAFT
7. Certificate of airworthiness to be in force.
8. Issue, renewal, etc., of certificates of airworthiness.
9. Certificate 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—requirement of licences.
19. Grant, renewal and effect of flight crew licences.
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. Training manual.
26. Public transport—operator's responsibilities.
27. Loading—public transport aircraft and suspended loads.
28. Public transport—operating conditions.
29. Aircraft registered in the United Kingdom—aerodrome operating minima.
30. Aircraft not registered in the United Kingdom—aerodrome operating minima.
31. Pre-flight action by commander of aircraft.
32. Pilots to remain at controls.
33. Public transport of passengers—duties of commander.
34. Operation of radio in aircraft.
35. Minimum navigation performance.
36. Use of flight data recorders and preservation of records.
37. Towing of gliders.
38. Towing, picking up and raising of persons and articles.
39. Dropping of persons and articles.
40. Issue of aerial application certificates.
41. Carriage of weapons and of munitions of war.
42. Carriage of dangerous goods.
43. Method of carriage of persons.
44. Exits and break-in markings.
45. Imperilling safety of aircraft.
46. Imperilling safety of any person or property.
47. Drunkenness in aircraft.
48. Smoking in aircraft.
49. Authority of commander of aircraft.
50. Stowaways.
PART VI
FATIGUE OF CREW
51. Application and interpretation of Part VI.
52. Fatigue of crew—operator's responsibilities.
53. Fatigue of crew—responsibilities of crew.
54. Flight times—responsibilities of flight crew.
PART VII
DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS
55. Documents to be carried.
56. Records to be kept.
57. Production of documents and records.
58. Preservation of documents, etc.
59. Revocation, suspension, and variation of certificates, licences and other documents.
60. Offences in relation to documents and records.
PART VIII
CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC
61. Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control.
62. Licensing of air traffic controllers, student air traffic controllers and aerodrome flight information service officers.
63. Prohibition of unlicensed air traffic controllers, student air traffic controllers and aerodrome flight information service officers.
64. Flight information service manual.
65. Incapacity of air traffic controllers.
66. Power to prohibit or restrict flying.
67. Balloons, kites and airships.
PART IX
AERODROMES, AERONAUTICAL LIGHTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTS
68. Aerodromes: public transport of passengers and instruction in flying.
69. Use of Government and Authority aerodromes.
70. Licensing of aerodromes.
71. Radio equipment at aerodromes.
72. Records at aerodromes.
73. Charges at aerodromes licensed for public use.
74. Use of aerodromes by aircraft of Contracting States and of the Commonwealth.
75. Noise and vibration caused by aircraft on aerodromes.
76. Aeronautical lights.
77. Dangerous lights.
78. Customs airports
79. Aviation fuel at aerodromes.
PART X
GENERAL
80. Restriction with respect to carriage for hire or reward in aircraft registered outside the United Kingdom.
81. Restriction with respect to aerial photography and survey from aircraft registered outside the United Kingdom.
82. Mandatory reporting.
83. Power to prevent aircraft flying.
84. Right of access to aerodromes and other places.
85. Obstruction of persons.
86. Enforcement of directions.
87. Penalties.
88. Extra-territorial effect of the Order.
89. Application of Order to British-controlled aircraft not registered in the United Kingdom.
90. Application of Order to the Crown and visiting forces, etc.
91. Exemption from Order.
92. Appeal to County Court or Sheriff's Court.
93. Interpretation.
94. Saving.
95. 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.
Part C. Aircraft dealer's certificate—conditions.
Schedule 2. A and B conditions.
Schedule 3. Categories of aircraft.
Schedule 4. Maintenance engineers: privileges of licences.
Schedule 5. Aircraft equipment.
Schedule 6. Radio equipment 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. Air traffic controllers: ratings.
Schedule 11. Public transport—operational requirements.
Schedule 12. Documents to be carried by aircraft registered in the United Kingdom.
Schedule 13. Penalties.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 1980
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 8, 41, 57, 58, 59 and 61 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949(a) 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:—
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND REVOCATION
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 9th February 1981.
(a) 1949 c. 67; section 8 was amended by section 20 of the Civil Aviation Act 1968 (c. 61) and by section 62(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75); section 59 was amended by section 20 of the Civil Aviation Act 1968 and by section 8(4) of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971 (c. 61) and by section 14(1) of and Schedule 1 to the Civil Aviation Act 1978 (c. 8).
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 1976(a);
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 1977(b);
The Air Navigation (Second Amendment) Order 1977(c);
The Air Navigation (Third Amendment) Order 1978(d);
The Air Navigation (Fourth Amendment) Order 1978(e);
The Air Navigation (Fifth Amendment) Order 1979(f).
(2) (a) This Order shall apply to or in relation to any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority, direction, log book, record or other document issued, granted, made or having effect under any Order revoked by this Order, as it applies to or in relation to a certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority, direction, log book, record or other document issued, granted or made under this Order.
(b) Any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authority, direction, order 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 59 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 in or over the United Kingdom unless it is registered in—
(a) some part of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a Contracting State; or
(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 31 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;
(a) S.I. 1976/1783.
(b) S.I. 1977/1255.
(c) S.I. 1977/2160.
(d) S.I. 1978/284.
(e) S.I. 1978/1627.
(f) S.I. 1979/1318.
(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 Authority shall be the authority for the registration of aircraft in the United Kingdom and shall keep the register on its premises.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Article, an aircraft shall not be registered or...
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