{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2002/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2002/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/264",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Non-Public transport aircraft aerodrome operating minima",
  "text": "(1) After article 40(1) there shall be inserted:\n“(1A) An aircraft to which this article applies shall not:\n(a) conduct a Category II, Category IIIA or Category IIIB approach and landing; or\n(b) take-off when the relevant runway visual range is less than 150 metres, otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of an approval so to do granted in accordance with the law of the country in which it is registered.\n(1B) In the case of an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, the approval referred to in paragraph (1A) shall:\n(a) be issued by the CAA;\n(b) be in writing; and\n(c) contain such conditions as the CAA thinks fit.”\n(2) At the commencement of article 40(2) and (3) there shall be inserted “Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1A)”.\n(3) After article 40(3) there shall be inserted:\n“(3A) If, according to the information available, an aircraft would as regards any flight be required by the Rules of the Air to be flown in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules at the aerodrome of intended landing, the commander of the aircraft shall select prior to take-off an alternate aerodrome unless no aerodrome suitable for that purpose is available.”\n(4) After article 40(4) there shall be inserted:\n“(4A) In this article “Category II, Category IIIA and Category IIIB approach and landing” have the same meaning as in article 39(8).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/264/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:15:24.379106+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}