{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2870",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Certificate of airworthiness to be in force",
  "text": "(1) An aircraft must not fly unless—\n(a) there is in force for the aircraft a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered, or the State of the operator; and\n(b) any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with.\n(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to flights made wholly within the Territory, of—\n(a) a glider, flying on a private flight or an aerial work flight which consists of the giving of instruction in flying or the conduct of flying tests in a flying club environment;\n(b) a balloon flying on a private flight;\n(c) a kite;\n(d) an aircraft flying in accordance with a permit to fly or a special flight permit issued by the Governor under article 28.\n(3) In the case of an aircraft registered in the Territory the certificate of airworthiness referred to in paragraph (1) is a certificate issued under article 25.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 24(2)(d) inserted (22.7.2021) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 24 in force at 1.1.2014, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2870/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:08.016872+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."
}