{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-1993/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-1993/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1622",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Load Sheets",
  "text": "(1) Every load sheet required by article 29(4) shall contain the following particulars—\n(a) the nationality mark of the aircraft to which the load sheet relates, and the registration mark assigned to that aircraft by the Authority;\n(b) particulars of the flight to which the load sheet relates;\n(c) the total weight of the aircraft as loaded for that flight;\n(d) the weights of the several items from which the total weight of the aircraft, as so loaded, has been calculated including in particular the weight of the aircraft prepared for service and the respective total weights of the crew (unless included in the weight of the aircraft prepared for service), passengers, baggage and cargo intended to be carried on the flight;\n(e) the manner in which the load is distributed and the resulting position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft which may be given approximately if and to the extent that the relevant certificate of airworthiness so permits,\nand shall include at the foot or end of the load sheet a certificate, signed by the person referred to in article 29(1) as responsible for the loading of the aircraft, that the aircraft has been loaded in accordance with the written instructions furnished to him by the operator of the aircraft pursuant to the said article 29(1).\n(2) (a) For the purpose of calculating the total weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the passengers and crew entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each person and for that purpose each person shall be separately weighed:\nProvided that, in the case of an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 5,700 kg or which has a total seating capacity authorised by the certificate of airworthiness in force in respect of that aircraft of 12 or more persons, the total weights of the passengers and crew may, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) and of paragraph (4), be calculated at not less than the appropriate weights shown in Table 1 and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect—\nTable 1\nMales over 12 years of age…\n75 kg\nSave that on journeys by helicopters in support of or in connection with the exploitation of or exploration for mineral resources (including gas) and—\n(i) between the United Kingdom and any vessel or structure located at sea, or\n(ii) between any two such vessels or structures where the last preceding journey from land or the next subsequent journey to land was from or is intended to be, as the case may be, the United Kingdom:\nthe appropriate weight for male passengers over 12 years shall be …\n83 kg\nFemales over 12 years of age …\n65 kg\nOn journeys between the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or between any of them:\nChildren aged 3 years or more, but not over 12 years of age …\n40 kg\nInfants under 3 years of age …\n10 kg\nOn any other journey:\nChildren aged 2 years or more, but not over 12 years of age …\n39 kg\nInfants under 2 years of age …\n8 kg\n(b) The actual weight of any immersion suit worn or carried by a passenger or crew member shall be added to the appropriate weight shown in Table 1 in each such case.\n(c) For the purposes of this regulation, “sea” includes any estuary or arm of the sea.\n(3) (a) For the purpose of calculating the total weight of the aircraft the respective total weights of the baggage and cargo entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each piece of baggage, cargo or cargo container and for that purpose each piece or container shall be separately weighed:\nProvided that, in the case of an aeroplane of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 5,700 kg or which has a total seating capacity of 12 or more persons, the total weights of the baggage may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), be calculated at not less than the weights shown in Table 2 and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect—\nTable 2\n1 Journey made by the aeroplane\n2 Cabin baggage per passenger\n3 Hold baggage per piece\nScheduled journey\nHoliday journey\n* Not infants under 3 years of age on journeys within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or between any of them, or under 2 years of age on any other journey.\nDomestic\n3 kg\n10 kg\n13 kg\nEuropean\n3 kg\n12 kg\n13 kg\nIntercontinental\n3 kg\n14 kg\n16 kg\n(b) If Table 2 has been used, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) for determining the weight of hold baggage, it shall also be used, subject as aforesaid, for determining the weight of the cabin baggage.\n(c) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(i) A journey made by an aeroplane shall be treated as domestic if it is confined within an area joining successively the following points—\nN6100.00\nW01100.00\nN5105.00\nE00200.00\nN4930.00\nW01100.00\nN6100.00\nE00200.00\nN4930.00\nW00400.00\nN6100.00\nW01100.00\nbut excluding any journey to or from Shannon.\n(ii) A journey made by an aeroplane, not being a domestic journey, shall be treated as European if it is confined within an area joining successively the following points—\nN6630.00\nW03000.00\nN3000.00\nE03900.00\nN2400.00\nW01100.00\nN6630.00\nW3000.00\nN6630.00\nE03900.00\nN03000.00.\nW01100.00\nN2400.00\nW03000.00\n(iii) A journey made by an aeroplane shall be treated as intercontinental if it is neither domestic nor European.\n(iv) A journey made by an aeroplane shall be treated as a holiday journey and not as a scheduled journey if it is made for the carriage of passengers each of whom is carried pursuant to an agreement which provides for carriage by air to a place outside Great Britain, and back from that place or from another place to Great Britain (whether or not on the same aeroplane) and for accommodation at a place outside Great Britain.\n(4) (a) If it appears to the person supervising the loading of the aircraft that any passenger or baggage to be carried exceeds the weights set out in Table 1 or Table 2 of this regulation he shall, if he considers it necessary in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, or if the Authority has so directed in the particular case, require any such person or baggage to be weighed for the purpose of the entry to be made in the load sheet.\n(b) If any person or baggage has been weighed pursuant to sub-paragraph (a), the weights entered in the load sheet shall take account of the actual weight of that person or baggage, or of the weight determined in accordance with the respective provisos to paragraph (2) or (3), whichever weight shall be the greater.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "* Not infants under 3 years of age on journeys within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man or between any of them, or under 2 years of age on any other journey."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "replaced (by (2))",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/1093",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1622/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:54:40.014077+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."
}