{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Exceptions from application of provisions of the Order for certain classes of aircraft",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to—\n(a) any small balloon;\n(b) any kite weighing not more than 2kg;\n(c) any unmanned aircraft other than an unmanned aircraft subject to certification;\n(d) any parachute including a parascending parachute.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), nothing in this Order applies to or in relation to an aircraft to which this article applies.\n(3) Articles 2, 91, 92, 93, ... 94A, 94B, 94BA, ... 239, 241 and 257 (except 257(2)(a)) apply to or in relation to an aircraft to which this article applies, and articles 253, 265, 266 and 269 apply in relation to those articles.\n(4) Articles ... 265E and 265F apply to or in relation to unmanned aircraft to which this article applies, and article 265(3) applies in relation to those articles.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 23(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 5(2) (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 5(3) (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 23(3) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 23(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(a) (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(3) inserted (30.7.2018 for specified purposes, 30.11.2019 in so far as not already in force) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2)(3), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in art. 23(3) inserted (19.8.2021) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/879), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 5(4)(b) (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(3) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/623), arts. 1(2), 5(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Art. 23(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 5(5) (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 23(4) omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of The Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1284), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:35.381803+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}