{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-173",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-173.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/870",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015",
  "path": "article/173",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "173",
  "heading": "Commercial air transport – special rules for hire of aircraft",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this article and this Part, an aircraft in flight is to be taken to fly for the purpose of commercial air transport for the purposes of Part 3 and Part 4 (other than articles 32(2) and 34(2), if valuable consideration is given or promised for the primary purpose of conferring on a particular person the right to fly the aircraft on the flight.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a single-seat aircraft that has a maximum total mass authorised of not more than 910kg otherwise than under a hire-purchase or conditional sale agreement.\n(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply if the only such valuable consideration is paid under a hire-purchase or conditional sale agreement.\n(4) Notwithstanding that an aircraft may be flying for the purpose of commercial air transport by reason of paragraph (1), it is not flying for the purpose of the commercial air transport of passengers unless valuable consideration is given or promised for the carriage of the passengers.\n(5) A glider is not flying for the purpose of commercial air transport for the purposes of Part 3 and Part 4 by virtue of paragraph (1) if the valuable consideration given or promised for the primary purpose of conferring on a particular person the right to fly the glider on the flight is given or promised by a member of a flying club and the glider is owned or operated by the flying club.\n(6) Notwithstanding the giving or promising of valuable consideration specified in paragraph (1) for the flight or the purpose of the flight, it is a private flight —\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), for all purposes other than Part 3 and Part 4; and\n(b) for the purposes of articles 32(2) and 34(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 173 in force at 1.5.2015, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/870/article/173",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:33.436917+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."
}