# The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2003, Article 7: Mandatory reporting of bird strikes


After article 117 there shall be inserted:
“Mandatory reporting of birdstrikes
117A. (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the commander of an aircraft shall make a report to the CAA of any birdstrike occurrence which occurs whilst the aircraft is in flight within the United Kingdom.
(2) The report shall be made within such time, by such means and shall contain such information as may be prescribed and it shall be presented in such form as the CAA may in a particular case approve.
(3) Nothing in this article shall require a person to report any occurrence which he has reported under article 117 of this Order or which he has reason to believe has been or will be reported by another person to the CAA in accordance with that article.
(4) A person shall not make any report under this article if he knows or has reason to believe that the report is false in any particular.
(5) In this article “birdstrike occurrence” means an incident in flight in which the commander of an aircraft has reason to believe that the aircraft has been in collision with one or more than one bird.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2905/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-no-2-order-2003/article-7
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