Paragraph 7 Exceptions — parachuting
A flight shall be deemed to be for the purpose of aerial work if it is a flight in respect of which valuable consideration has been given or promised for the carriage of passengers and which is for the purpose of—
the dropping of persons by parachute and which is made under and in accordance with the terms of a parachuting permission;
positioning the aircraft for such a flight as is specified in (a) above and which is made with the intention of carrying out such a flight and on which no person is carried who it is not intended shall be carried on such a flight and who may be carried on such a flight in accordance with the terms of a parachuting permission; or
returning after such a flight as is specified in (a) above to the place at which the persons carried on such a flight are usually based and on which flight no persons are carried other than persons carried on the flight specified in (a) above.
In this paragraph “parachuting permission” means a parachuting permission granted by the Department under article 67 of the Air Navigation Order 2005 as applied to the Isle of Man under section 11 of the Airports and Civil Aviation Act 1987 (an Act of Tynwald).