{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2000/article-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2000/article-61.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1562",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2000",
  "path": "article/61",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Method of carriage of persons",
  "text": "(1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person shall not be in or on any part of an aircraft in flight which is not a part designed for the accommodation of persons and in particular a person shall not be on the wings or undercarriage of an aircraft.\n(b) A person shall not be in or on any object, other than a glider or flying machine, towed by or attached to an aircraft in flight.\n(2) A person may have temporary access to:\n(a) any part of an aircraft for the purpose of taking action necessary for the safety of the aircraft or of any person, animal or goods therein; and\n(b) any part of an aircraft in which cargo or stores are carried, being a part which is designed to enable a person to have access thereto while the aircraft is in flight.\n(3) This article shall not apply to a passenger in a helicopter flying under and in accordance with a police air operator’s certificate who is disembarking in accordance with a procedure contained in the police operations manual for the helicopter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1562/article/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:39.811318+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."
}