{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-99F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-99F.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/99F",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "99F",
  "heading": "Operator’s maintenance responsibilities",
  "text": "The operator of an aircraft must—\n(a) ensure, in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Department, that—\n(i) the aircraft is maintained to an airworthy condition;\n(ii) the operational and emergency equipment necessary for an intended flight is serviceable; and\n(iii) the certificate of airworthiness of the aeroplane remains valid;\n(b) not operate the aircraft unless it is maintained and released to service under a system acceptable to the Department;\n(c) ensure that if the maintenance release is not issued by an approved maintenance organisation in accordance with paragraph 8.7 of Part 1 of Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the person signing the maintenance release—\n(i) is licensed in accordance with Annex 1 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation;\n(ii) is a person whose licence has been validated by the Department; or,\n(iii) in a particular case, is an individual authorised by the Department; and\n(d) ensure that the maintenance of the aircraft is performed in accordance with a maintenance programme approved by the Department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 17A inserted (1.5.2016) by The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/155), arts. 1, 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.2009/3015, to which there are amendments not relevant to this provision."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 159, 29.6.96, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/870/article/99F",
    "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."
}