{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-no-2-order-1995/schedule-8/part-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-no-2-order-1995/schedule-8/part-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1970",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (No. 2) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-no-2-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "A—LICENCES",
  "heading": "MINIMUM AGE, PERIOD OF VALIDITY, PRIVILEGES",
  "text": "Minimum Age—18 years\nMaximum Period of Validity—10 years\nPrivileges:\n(1) The holder of the licence shall be entitled to exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes).\n(2) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b), he shall be entitled to fly as pilot in command of an aeroplane of a type specified in Part 1 of the aircraft rating included in the licence when the aeroplane is engaged on a flight for any purpose whatsoever.\n(b) (i) He shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport if he has less than 400 hours of flying experience as pilot in command of aeroplanes other than self-launching motor gliders or microlight aircraft.\n(ii) He shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport if its maximum total weight authorised exceeds 2300 kg.\n(iii) He shall not fly such an aeroplane on any scheduled journey.\n(iv) He shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport except a flight beginning and ending at the same aerodrome and not extending beyond 25 nautical miles from that aerodrome.\n(v) He shall not fly such an aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport after he attains the age of 60 years unless the aeroplane is fitted with dual controls and carries a second pilot who has not attained the age of 60 years and who holds an appropriate licence under this Order entitling him to act as pilot in command or co-pilot of that aeroplane.\n(vi) He shall not fly such an aeroplane at night, unless:\n(aa) his licence includes a night rating (aeroplanes); and\n(bb) his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) or he has within the immediately preceding 13 months carried out as pilot in command not less than 5 take-offs and 5 landings at a time when the depression of the centre of the sun was not less than 12° below the horizon.\n(vii) He shall not, unless his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) or an instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes), fly as pilot in command of such an aeroplane:\n(aa) on a flight outside controlled airspace notified for the purposes of this Schedule:\n(aaa) when the flight visibility is less than 3 km; or\n(bbb) when any passenger is carried and the aeroplane is flying either above 3000 feet above mean sea level in conditions such that it cannot remain at least 1800 metres horizontally and 1000 feet vertically away from cloud and in a flight visibility of at least 10 km or at or below 3000 feet above mean sea level in a flight visibility of less that 5 km;\n(bb) on a special VFR flight in a control zone in a flight visibility of less than 10 km except on a route or in an aerodrome traffic zone notified for the purposes of this sub-paragraph;\n(cc) out of sight of the surface.\n(viii) He shall not unless his licence includes an instrument rating (aeroplanes) fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of such an aeroplane flying in airspace notified for the purposes of this Schedule:\n(aa) in conditions such that he cannot comply with the specified minimum weather provisions; or\n(bb) in circumstances which require compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules.\n(3) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b), he shall be entitled to fly as pilot in command of an aeroplane of a type specified in any flying instructor’s rating or assistant flying instructor’s rating included in the licence on a flight for the purpose of aerial work which consists of:\n(i) the giving of instruction in flying; or\n(ii) the conducting of flying tests for the purposes of this Order;\nin either case in an aeroplane owned, or operated under arrangements entered into, by a flying club of which the person giving the instruction or conducting the test and the person receiving the instruction or undergoing the test are both members.\n(b) He shall not be entitled to exercise the privileges contained in this paragraph other than in an aeroplane which he is entitled to fly as pilot in command on a private flight, an aerial work flight or a public transport flight pursuant to the privileges set out in paragraph (1) or (2) of these privileges.\n(4) He shall be entitled to fly as co-pilot of any aeroplane of a type specified in the aircraft rating included in the licence when the aeroplane is engaged on a flight for any purpose whatsoever provided that he shall not be entitled to fly as co-pilot of an aeroplane which is engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport unless he has more than 400 hours of flying experience as pilot in command of aeroplanes other than self-launching motor gliders and microlight aircraft and the aeroplane is certificated for single pilot operation.\n(5) He shall not at any time after he attains the age of 65 years act as pilot in command or co-pilot of any aeroplane on a flight for the purpose of public transport.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2059",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1970/schedule/8/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:04:53.530385+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."
}