# The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015, Article 147: Department’s power to prevent aircraft flying

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If it appears to the Department or an authorised person that an aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), the Department or the authorised person may give a direction in accordance with paragraph (3).
(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are —
(a) if any provision of article 3, ... 11, 15, 37, 39, 64, ... 69, 70, 75(2), 84, 86, or 139 would be contravened in relation to the flight;
(b) if the flight would be in contravention of any other provision of this Order or of any applied regulations, and be a cause of danger to a person or property whether or not in the aircraft; or
(c) if the aircraft is in a condition unfit for the flight, whether or not the flight would otherwise be in contravention of a provision of this Order or of any such regulations.
(3) If paragraph (1) applies the Department or the authorised person may direct the operator or the commander of the aircraft not to permit the aircraft to make the particular flight or any other flight of such description as may be specified in the direction, until the direction has been revoked by the Department or by an authorised person.
(4) If the Department or an authorised person has directed under paragraph (3), the Department or an authorised person may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft.
(5) For the purposes of this article the Department or an authorised person may enter an aerodrome and may enter and inspect an aircraft.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/870/article/147 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-147
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