Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1286
Civil Aviation
The Air Navigation (Minimum Age for Operators of Small Unmanned Aircraft) Regulations 2019
Made
27th September 2019
Coming into force
1st October 2019
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 94C(1)(c) of the Air Navigation Order 2016( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
Minimum age to register as SUA operator
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Vere
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
27th September 2019
S.I. 2016/765 . Article 94C was inserted into the Air Navigation Order 2016 by the Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 ( S.I. 2018/623 ), article 7. In article 94C(1)(c) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State (see section 105 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c.16) ).
The meaning of SUA operator is set out in article 94G of the Air Navigation Order 2016 ( S.I. 2016/765 ). Article 94G provides that “the “SUA operator”, in relation to a small unmanned aircraft, is the person who has the management of the small unmanned aircraft.”