{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "A Conditions",
  "text": "(1) An aircraft registered in the Isle of Man may fly for a purpose set out in paragraph (2) subject to the conditions contained in paragraphs (3) to (8) when either:\n(a) it does not have a certificate of airworthiness duly issued or rendered valid under the law of the Isle of Man; or\n(b) the certificate of airworthiness or certificate of validation issued in respect of the aircraft has ceased to be in force by virtue of any of the matters specified in article 8.\n(2) The purposes referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) in the case of an aircraft falling within paragraph (1)(a) the aircraft shall fly only so as to enable it to—\n(i) qualify for the issue, renewal or validation of a certificate of airworthiness after an application has been made for such issue, renewal or validation as the case may be, or carry out a functional check of a previously approved modification of the aircraft (and for the purpose of this Schedule “a previously approved modification” shall mean a modification which has previously been approved by the Department or by an organisation approved for that purpose by the Department in respect of that aircraft or another aircraft of the same type);\n(ii) proceed to or from a place at which any inspection, repair, modification, maintenance, approval, test or weighing of, or the installation of equipment in, the aircraft is to take place or has taken place for a purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (i), after any relevant application has been made, or at which the installation of furnishings in, or the painting of, the aircraft is to be undertaken; or\n(iii) proceed to or from a place at which the aircraft is to be or has been stored.\n(b) in the case of an aircraft falling within paragraph (1)(b), the aircraft shall fly only so as to enable it to—\n(i) proceed to a place at which any inspection or maintenance required by virtue of article 8(b)(ii) is to take place; or\n(ii) proceed to a place at which any inspection, maintenance or modification required by virtue of article 8(b)(i) or (c) is to take place and in respect of which flight the Department has given permission in writing; or\n(iii) carry out a functional check, test or in-flight adjustment in connection with the carrying out in a manner approved by the Department of any overhaul, repair, previously approved modification, inspection or maintenance required by virtue of article 8.\n(3) The aircraft, including any modifications, shall be of a design which previously has been approved by the Department, or by an organisation approved for that purpose by the Department, as being compliant with a standard accepted by the Department as appropriate for the issue of a certificate of airworthiness.\n(4) The aircraft and its engines shall be certified as fit for flight by the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer’s licence rendered valid under this Order, being a licence which entitles him to issue that certificate or by a person approved by the Department for the purpose of issuing certificates under this condition, and in accordance with that approval.\n(5) The aircraft shall carry the minimum flight crew specified in any certificate of airworthiness or validation or flight manual which has previously been in force under the Order in respect of the aircraft, or is or has previously been in force in respect of any other aircraft of identical design.\n(6) The aircraft shall not carry any persons or cargo except persons performing duties in the aircraft in connection with the flight or persons who are carried in the aircraft to perform duties in connection with a purpose referred to in paragraph (2).\n(7) The aircraft shall not fly over any congested area of a city, town or settlement except to the extent that it is necessary to do so in order to take off or land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1115/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:55:39.258489+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."
}