{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-172",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-172.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "article/172",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "172",
  "heading": "Licences and ratings no longer to be granted",
  "text": "(1) The CAA must not grant—\n(a) a United Kingdom Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes); or\n(b) a United Kingdom Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Helicopters and Gyroplanes),\nto any person who was not on 31st December 2002 the holder of such a licence.\n(2) The CAA must not grant—\n(a) a United Kingdom Private Pilot’s Licence (Balloons and Airships); or\n(b) a United Kingdom Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons),\nto any person who was not on 30th September 2025 the holder of such a licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 172 substituted (1.10.2025) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/850), arts. 1(2), 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/article/172",
    "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."
}