CAP 1763 – Air Navigation Order 2018 and 2019 Amendments – Guidance for Small Unmanned Aircraft users
On 20 February 2019, the United Kingdom Government published an amendment to the UK Air Navigation Order 2016 (ANO) which contains its changes to the legislation regarding the operation of small unmanned aircraft.
The amendment is published as
It should be noted that while some parts of this amendment came into force on 30 July 2018, other parts do not come into force until 30 November 2019.
This document covers the small unmanned aircraft related articles within the ANO that will remain relevant after 13 March 2019. It has been written with the aim of providing readers, particularly those who are less familiar with the layout and structure of ANO amendments, with an outline of the revised regulations as they now appear in law; to provide guidance on the cumulative effects of the two recent changes; and how they will be interpreted by the CAA. It replaces CAP 1687. For simplicity within this document:
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 will be referred to as: ‘the 2018 amendment’; and
The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2019 will be referred to as: ‘the 2019 amendment’.
The areas covered by the amendment are relatively few and can be summarised
Changes to the dimensions of the ‘flight restriction zones’ associated with the new distance limitation from these ‘protected aerodromes’ and the introduction of new definitions in Schedule 1 in order to accommodate these changes. Effective from 30 November 2019 (the 2018 amendment)
A requirement for the registration of SUA operators
A requirement for the competency of remote pilots to be tested.
