{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-overseas-territories-order-2013/article-55",
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  "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/55",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Licence holder not to act as member of flight crew when unfit",
  "text": "(1) A person must not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the Territory if they know or suspect that their physical or mental condition renders them temporarily or permanently unfit to perform such functions or to act in such capacity.\n(2) Every holder of a medical certificate issued under article 54(3) who—\n(i) suffers any personal injury involving any incapacity to undertake the holder’s functions as a member of the flight crew;\n(ii) suffers any illness involving any incapacity to undertake those functions throughout a period of 21 days or more; or\n(iii) has reason to believe that she is pregnant,\nmust inform the Governor in writing of such injury, illness or pregnancy as soon as possible in the case of injury or pregnancy, and as soon as the period of 21 days has expired in the case of illness.\n(3) The medical certificate is deemed to be suspended upon the occurrence of such injury or the expiry of such period of illness or the confirmation of the pregnancy.\n(4) In the case of injury or illness the suspension ceases upon the holder being medically examined under arrangements made by the Governor and pronounced fit to resume functions as a member of the flight crew or upon the Governor exempting the holder from the requirement of a medical examination.\n(5) In the case of pregnancy, the suspension may be lifted by the Governor upon the holder being medically examined under arrangements made by the Governor after the pregnancy has ended and pronounced fit to resume her functions as a member of the flight crew.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 55 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/55",
    "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."
}