Article 9 Right of access to aerodromes and other placesI1
United Kingdom
The Governor, and any authorised person, has the right of access at all reasonable times—
to any aerodrome, including any facility provided for rescue and fire fighting at the aerodrome, for the purpose of inspecting the aerodrome;
to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting any aircraft on the aerodrome or any document which may be demanded under this Order, or for the purpose of detaining any aircraft under this Order;
to any place where an aircraft has landed, for the purpose of inspecting the aircraft or any document which may be demanded under this Order and for the purpose of detaining the aircraft under this Order;
to any building or place from which an air traffic control service is being provided or where any aeronautical telecommunications service requiring approval under article 153 is situated for the purpose of inspecting—
any equipment used or intended to be used in connection with the provision of a service to an aircraft in flight or on the ground; or
any document or record which may be demanded under this Order.
to any place where a service described in article 7(1) and 7(2) is designed, directed, arranged or provided, for the purpose of determining whether such services are being provided satisfactorily; F1...
to inspect any part of, or material intended to be incorporated in or used in the manufacture of any part of, an aircraft or its equipment or any document relating to them and may for that purpose go upon any aerodrome or enter any aircraft factory or other premises, including premises used for any of the purposes of the maintenance, overhaul, repair or modification of an aircraft or of any of the material, parts or equipment installed or to be installed in an aircraft.
to any F7place used for training by a person approved in accordance with this Order, for the purpose of determining whether that person is conducting training in accordance with the approval for that training.
to any place for the purposes of exercising enforcement powers set out in article 123(1).
Access to a military aerodrome may only be obtained with the permission of the person in charge of the aerodrome.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in art. 9(1)(e) omitted (22.7.2021) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 4(3)(a)
- F2
Art. 9(1)(g)-(i) inserted (22.7.2021) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 4(3)(b)
- F3
Words in art. 9(1)(g) substituted (10.4.2024) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(a)(i)
- F4
Words in art. 9(1)(g) omitted (10.4.2024) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(a)(ii)
- F5
Word in art. 9(1)(h) substituted (10.4.2024) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(b)(i)
- F6
Word in art. 9(1)(h) omitted (10.4.2024) by virtue of The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(b)(ii)
- F7
Word in art. 9(1)(i) substituted (10.4.2024) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(c)
- F8
Art. 9(1)(j) inserted (10.4.2024) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/384), arts. 1, 4(d)