{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-amendment-order-2014/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-amendment-order-2014/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2925",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-amendment-order-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Registration and marking of aircraft",
  "text": "(1) In article 3(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “uncontrollable balloon” insert—\n“‘United Kingdom national’ means a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British National (overseas), a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981 or a British protected person within the meaning of that Act;”.\n(2) For article 16(1) (qualifications for registration) substitute—\n“(1) The following persons are qualified to hold a legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in an aircraft registered in a Territory or a share in such an aircraft—\n(a) the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or in right of the Government of the Territory;\n(b) United Kingdom nationals;\n(c) Commonwealth citizens;\n(d) nationals of any European Economic Area State;\n(e) bodies incorporated in any part of the Commonwealth and which have their registered office or principal place of business in any part of the Commonwealth; or\n(f) undertakings formed in accordance with the law of an European Economic Area State and which have their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Economic Area.”.\n(3) Notwithstanding article 15(2)(b) of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 any aircraft that was validly registered before 1st January 2014 and has not since then been de-registered is, and remains, validly registered even if any person then owning a legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in the aircraft would have been unqualified to hold such an interest after that date and before the date paragraph (2) comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.61"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2925/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:45.396043+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."
}