{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013/article-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013/article-36.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/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Radio equipment of aircraft",
  "text": "(1) An aircraft must not fly unless it is equipped with radio and radio navigation equipment so as to—\n(a) comply with the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or of the State of the operator; and\n(b) enable communications to be made and the aircraft to be navigated, in accordance with the provisions of this Order and any regulations made under it.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), for an aircraft registered in the Territory the radio equipment and radio navigation equipment that is required to be provided must comply—\n(a) with instructions given by the Governor under article 74(1)(c); or\n(b) with the Governor’s specified requirements applicable to the purpose and circumstances of the flight.\n(3) The radio and radio navigation equipment provided in accordance with paragraph (2) must be—\n(a) of a type approved by the Governor generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or in relation to that aircraft; and\n(b) installed in a manner approved by the Governor.\n(4) Subject article 37(2) and to such exceptions as may be specified by the Governor in instructions or requirements, the radio and radio navigation equipment provided in compliance with paragraph (2) must always be maintained in serviceable condition.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 36(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2925), arts. 1(1), 12(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 36 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/36",
    "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."
}