Article 26 Application of the Order to the Crown and visiting forces etc.
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (5) and (6), the provisions of this Order apply to, or in relation to, noise regulated aircraft or emissions regulated aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of His Majesty, as they apply to, or in relation to, other noise regulated aircraft or emissions regulated aircraft.
For the purposes of the application of this Order to aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of His Majesty, the department or other authority for the time being responsible on behalf of His Majesty for the management of the aircraft is deemed to be the operator of the aircraft.
Nothing in this article renders liable to any penalty any department or other authority responsible on behalf of His Majesty for the management of any aircraft.
Paragraph (5) applies to—
the naval, military and air force authorities and members of any visiting force;
any international headquarters and its members;
property held or used for the purpose of any such force or headquarters.
Each body, person, and property to which this paragraph applies is exempt from the provisions of this Order to the same extent as if it formed part of His Majesty’s forces raised in the United Kingdom and for the time being serving in the Territory.
Nothing in this Order applies to or in relation to any military aircraft.