{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-1989/article-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-1989/article-70.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2395",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-1989",
  "path": "article/70",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Balloons, kites, airships, gliders and parascending parachutes",
  "text": "(1) Within the Territory—\n(a) a captive balloon or kite shall not be flown at a height of more than 60 metres above the ground level or within 60 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure;\n(b) a captive balloon shall not be flown within 5 kilometres of an aerodrome;\n(c) a balloon exceeding 2 metres in any linear dimension at any stage of its flight, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon, shall not be flown in controlled airspace;\n(d) a kite shall not be flown within 5 kilometres of an aerodrome;\n(e) an airship shall not be moored,\n(f) a glider or parascending parachute shall not be launched by winch and cable or by ground tow to a height of more than 60 metres above ground level,\nwithout the permission in writing of the Governor and in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may be granted.\n(2) A captive balloon when in flight shall be securely moored, and shall not be left unattended unless it is fitted with a device which ensures its automatic deflation if it breaks free of its moorings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/3198",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2395/article/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:55.468960+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."
}