{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2021/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2021/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/879",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-amendment-order-2021",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph 1, for the definition of “Microlight aeroplane”, substitute—\n““Microlight aeroplane” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;”;\n(b) in paragraph 1, after the definition of “Service Provision Regulation” insert—\n““Single-seat deregulated aeroplane” means a non-Part 21 aircraft, other than an unmanned aircraft, which is designed to carry not more than one person, which has—\n(a) a maximum take-off mass not exceeding—\n(i) 300kg for a landplane (or 390kg for a landplane of which at least 51% was built by an amateur, or non-profit making association of amateurs (“the association”), for the amateur or the association’s own purposes and without any commercial objective, in respect of which a permit to fly issued by the CAA was in force prior to 1st January 2003);\n(ii) 330kg for an amphibian or floatplane; or\n(iii) 315kg for a landplane equipped with an airframe mounted total recovery parachute system; and\n(b) a stalling speed, or minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration, at the maximum take-off mass not exceeding 35 knots calibrated airspeed.”;\n(c) after paragraph 3, insert—\n“4. (1) “Microlight aeroplane” means an aircraft described in sub-paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5).\n(2) An aircraft is a microlight aeroplane if it is a non-Part 21 aircraft, other than an unmanned aircraft, that is designed to carry not more than two persons, which—\n(a) has a stalling speed, or maximum steady flight speed in the landing configuration, at the maximum take-off mass not exceeding 35 knots calibrated airspeed; and\n(b) has a maximum take-off mass not exceeding—\n(i) 450kg for a two-seat landplane;\n(ii) 495kg for a two-seat amphibian or floatplane; or\n(iii) 475kg for a two-seat landplane equipped with an airframe mounted total recovery parachute system.\n(3) An aircraft is a microlight aeroplane if it is a non-Part 21 aircraft, other than an unmanned aircraft, that is designed to carry not more than two persons, which—\n(a) is of an approved design;\n(b) either has, or has been subsequently modified to have, a stalling speed, or minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration, at the maximum take-off mass not exceeding 45 knots calibrated airspeed; and\n(c) either has, or has been subsequently modified to have, a maximum take-off mass not exceeding—\n(i) 600kg for a landplane; or\n(ii) 650kg for an amphibian or floatplane.\n(4) An aircraft is a microlight aeroplane if it is a single-seat deregulated aeroplane.\n(5) An aircraft is a microlight aeroplane if it is being flown, or is intended to be flown, for the purpose of a flight test to establish that it complies with the requirements of sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4).\n(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a), an “approved design” is a design which is approved by the CAA for the purposes of the issue of a permit to fly under article 40.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/879/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:10:29.109206+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."
}