{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-150",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-150.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "article/150",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "150",
  "heading": "Deeming a non-United Kingdom flight crew licence and any Part-FCL or Part-BFCL licence valid for non-Part-21 aircraft registered in the United Kingdom and deeming a non-United Kingdom radiotelephony licence valid for any aircraft",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this article applies to any licence which authorises the holder to act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft and is—\n(a) granted under the law of a Contracting State other than the United Kingdom ...;\n(b) granted under the law of a relevant overseas territory; ...\n(c) a Part-FCL licence ; or\n(d) in the case of a balloon, a Part-BFCL licence.\n(2) This article does not apply to such a licence if it authorises the holder to act as a student pilot only.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (6), for the purposes of this Part, a licence to which this article applies is, unless the CAA gives a direction to the contrary, deemed to be a licence rendered valid under this Order in respect of a non-Part-21 aircraft registered in the United Kingdom.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the privileges of a licence deemed valid under paragraph (3) are restricted so that it does not entitle the holder to act as a member of the flight crew of any aircraft flying for the purpose of public transport or commercial air transport.\n(5) The restriction in paragraph (4) does not apply to a Part-FCL licence or a Part-BFCL licence.\n(6) A Part-FCL licence with single-engine piston aeroplane privileges is not deemed to be rendered valid for a microlight aeroplane unless the holder of the licence has undergone differences training in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 8, appropriate for a microlight aeroplane class rating.\n(7) A Part-FCL licence which—\n(a) authorises the holder to exercise the privileges of a Part-FCL light aircraft pilot licence or a Part-FCL private pilot licence; and\n(b) is valid in all respects save that the holder does not hold a medical certificate,\nis deemed to be a licence rendered valid under this Order if the requirements of paragraph (8) are satisfied.\n(8) The requirements are that the holder—\n(a) has made a medical declaration in accordance with article 163(3); and\n(b) complies with the conditions in article 163(5).\n(9) The holder of a Part-FCL licence deemed to be rendered valid under paragraph (7) may only exercise the privileges of an equivalent private pilot licence granted under article 152.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 150(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 42(b) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 150(1)(b) omitted (1.10.2025) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/850), arts. 1(2), 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 150(1)(d) and word inserted (1.10.2025) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/850), arts. 1(2), 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 150(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 42(c) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 150(5) inserted (1.10.2025) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/850), arts. 1(2), 6(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 150(7) substituted (14.12.2017) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1112), arts. 1, 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 150 heading inserted (1.10.2025) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/850), arts. 1(2), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in art. 150 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 42(a) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/article/150",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:35.381803+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."
}