{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-265F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-265F.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "article/265F",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "265F",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265E(7) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—\n(a) not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale if the offence relates to the requirement in article 265E(2)(b)(v) (requirement for remote pilot to carry proof of competency);\n(b) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to a requirement referred to in—\n(i) article 265E(1)(a) (registration);\n(ii) article 265E(1)(b) (display of registration number);\n(iii) article 265E(1)(d) (designation of remote pilot);\n(iv) article 265E(1)(e) (geo-awareness updates);\n(v) article 265E(2)(b)(ii) (competency); or\n(vi) article 265E(6) (remote pilot competency);\n(c) not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale in any other case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 265A-265F inserted (31.12.2020) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1555), arts. 1(2), 9 (with art. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 265F(1)-(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(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/article/265F",
    "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."
}