{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2007/schedule-8/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3468",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Minimum height",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an aircraft shall not fly at a height of less than 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a distance of 5 nautical miles of the aircraft unless—\n(a) it is necessary for the aircraft to do so in order to take off or land;\n(b) the aircraft flies on a route notified for the purposes of this rule;\n(c) the aircraft has been otherwise authorised by the competent authority in relation to the area over which the aircraft is flying; or\n(d) the aircraft flies at an altitude not exceeding 3,000 feet above mean sea level and remains clear of cloud and with the surface in sight and in a flight visibility of at least 800 metres.\n(2) The aircraft shall comply with rule 5.\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a helicopter that is air-taxiing or conducting manoeuvres in accordance with rule 6(i).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/237",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/237",
      "affecting_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2011"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3468/schedule/8/paragraph/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:39:48.593168+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."
}