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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2000/article-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1562",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2000",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Grant, renewal and effect of flight crew licences",
  "text": "(1) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (d) and paragraph (2), the CAA shall grant licences, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, of any of the classes specified in Part A of Schedule 8 to this Order authorising the holder to act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, upon being satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to hold the licence, and is qualified by reason of his knowledge, experience, competence, skill and physical and mental fitness to act in the capacity to which the licence relates, and for that purpose the applicant shall furnish such evidence and undergo such examinations and tests (including in particular medical examinations) and undertake such courses of training as the CAA may require of him.\n(b) A licence granted under this article shall not be valid unless it bears thereon the ordinary signature of the holder in ink.\n(c) Subject to article 81 of this Order, a licence shall remain in force for the period indicated in the licence, not exceeding the period specified in respect of a licence of that class in the said Schedule, and may be renewed by the CAA from time to time upon being satisfied that the applicant is a fit person and qualified as aforesaid. If no period is indicated in the licence it shall remain in force, subject as aforesaid for the lifetime of the holder.\n(d) A licence of any class shall not be granted to any person who is under the minimum age specified for that class of licence in Part A of the said Schedule.\n(2) (a) (i) Subject to sub-paragraph (ii), the CAA shall not on or after 1st July 2000 grant a United Kingdom Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) to any person who was not on 30th June 2000 the holder of such a licence.\n(ii) The CAA shall continue to grant United Kingdom Private Pilot’s Licences (Aeroplanes) containing only a microlight class rating (in this Part of this Order and in the said Schedule called “a Microlight Licence”) or only an SLMG class rating (in this Part of this Order and in the said Schedule called “an SLMG Licence”).\n(b) The CAA shall not on or after 1st July 2000 grant a United Kingdom Basic Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) to any person who was not on 30th June 2000 the holder of such a licence.\n(c) The CAA shall not on or after 1st January 2001 grant a United Kingdom Private Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters) to any person who was not on 31st December 2000 the holder of such a licence.\n(d) The CAA shall not on or after 1st July 2002 grant a United Kingdom Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) or a United Kingdom Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) to any person who was not on 30th June 2002 respectively the holder of such a licence.\n(e) The CAA shall not on or after 1st January 2003 grant a United Kingdom Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters) or a United Kingdom Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters) to any person who was not on 31st December 2002 respectively the holder of such a licence.\n(3) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b), the CAA may include in a licence a rating or qualification, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, of any of the classes specified in Part B of the said Schedule, upon being satisfied that the applicant is qualified as aforesaid to act in the capacity to which the rating or qualification relates, and such rating or qualification shall be deemed to form part of the licence.\n(b) (i) the CAA shall not grant a flying instructor’s rating (aeroplanes), an assistant flying instructor’s rating (aeroplanes), grant a flying instructor’s rating (helicopters) or an assistant flying instructor’s rating (helicopters).\n(ii) The CAA shall not include in a Microlight Licence or an SLMG Licence granted on or after 1st July 2000 any additional aircraft rating.\n(4) Subject to any conditions of the licence including those specified in Part A of the said Schedule and to the provisions of this Order, a licence of any class shall entitle the holder to perform the functions specified in respect of that licence in Section 1 of Part A of the said Schedule under the heading ‘Privileges’ or Section 2 of Part A of the said Schedule under the heading ‘Privileges and conditions’, and a rating or qualification of any class shall entitle the holder of the licence in which such rating or qualification is included to perform the functions specified in respect of that rating or qualification in Part B of the said Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1628",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1562/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:39.811318+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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}