{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-united-nations-sanctions-order-2001/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-united-nations-sanctions-order-2001/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Afghanistan (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/afghanistan-united-nations-sanctions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Prohibition of flights",
  "text": "(1) Except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State under this article—\n(a) no aircraft, wherever registered, shall take off from, land in or fly over the territory of the United Kingdom if its destination is, or if it has taken off from, Afghanistan; and\n(b) no aircraft designated by the Sanctions Committee as owned, leased or operated by or on behalf of the Taliban, wherever registered, shall take off from or land in the territory of the United Kingdom.\n(2) If any aircraft is used in contravention of the provisions of this article, the operator and the commander of the aircraft shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/396/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:04:19.201128+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}