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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Definitions and validity periods",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part—\n(a) “visual flight conditions” means weather conditions such that the pilot is able to fly by visual reference to objects outside the aircraft;\n(b) “instrument flight conditions” means weather conditions such that the pilot is unable to fly by visual reference to objects outside the aircraft;\n(c) a “valid test result” is a test result—\n(i) where the person tested met the minimum standard set in relation to the test; and\n(ii) the test validity period has not expired in relation to that test;\n(d) “test validity period”, subject to paragraph 6, means a period commencing with the date of test and ending—\n(i) in the case of paragraph 2(8), three months;\n(ii) in the case of paragraphs 2(1)(b), 2(5)(b), 2(6)(a), 2(7)(b) and 3(1)(b), six months; and\n(iii) in the case of paragraphs 1, 2(1)(a), 2(5)(a), 2(7)(a), 3(1)(a), 4 and 5(1), 13 months,\nafter the end of the month in which the test was taken.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/schedule/9/paragraph/10",
    "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."
}