Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 in Northern Ireland

2021 c. 12 · Enacted 29 April 2021 · Extends to United Kingdom

Contents

1. Part 1: Airspace change proposals
2. 1Meaning of “airspace change proposal”
3. 2Direction to progress airspace change proposal
4. 3Direction to co-operate in airspace change proposal
5. 4Directions under sections 2 and 3: supplemental
6. 5Delegation of functions to CAA
7. 6Provision of information
8. 7Appeals and enforcement
9. 8Part 1: interpretation
10. Part 2: Air traffic
11. 9Licensed air traffic services: modifying the licence and related appeals
12. 10Air traffic services licensed under Part 1 of the Transport Act 2000: enforcement
13. 11Air traffic services: consequential amendments
14. Part 3: Unmanned aircraft
15. 13Powers of police officers and prison authorities
16. 14Powers of police officers relating to ANO 2016 and the Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
17. 15Fixed penalties for certain offences relating to unmanned aircraft
18. 16Amendment and enforcement regulations
19. 17Disclosures of information
20. 18Part 3: interpretation
21. Part 4: General
22. 19Regulations
23. 20Extent
24. 21Commencement
25. 22Short title
26. Schedule 1: Appeals against decisions to give or vary airspace change directions
27. Appeals against decisions to give or vary directions
28. 1Paragraph 1
29. Decisions on appeal
30. 2Paragraph 2
31. Further appeals
32. 3Paragraph 3
33. Interpretation
34. 4Paragraph 4
35. Schedule 2: Enforcement of airspace change directions and connected appeals
36. Part 1: Enforcement of directions
37. Contravention notices
38. 1Paragraph 1
39. Enforcement orders
40. 2Paragraph 2
41. Enforcement orders: modification and revocation
42. 3Paragraph 3
43. Penalty for contravention of enforcement order
44. 4Paragraph 4
45. Procedure after imposing a penalty
46. 5Paragraph 5
47. Amount of penalty
48. 6Paragraph 6
49. Amount of penalty: fixed amount
50. 7Paragraph 7
51. Amount of penalty: daily amounts
52. 8Paragraph 8
53. Withdrawal of penalties
54. 9Paragraph 9
55. Recovering penalties
56. 10Paragraph 10
57. Statement of policy on penalties
58. 11Paragraph 11
59. Turnover
60. 12Paragraph 12
61. Part 2: Appeals
62. Appeals against enforcement orders
63. 13Paragraph 13
64. Appeals against penalties
65. 14Paragraph 14
66. Decisions on appeal
67. 15Paragraph 15
68. Further appeals
69. 16Paragraph 16
70. Part 3: Interpretation
71. Definitions
72. 17Paragraph 17
73. Schedule 3: Modification of licence conditions under section 11 of the Transport Act 2000: appeals
74. Paragraph
75. Schedule 4: New Schedule A1 to the Transport Act 2000
76. Paragraph
77. Schedule 5: New Schedule B1 to the Transport Act 2000
78. Paragraph
79. Schedule 6: New Schedule C1 to the Transport Act 2000
80. Paragraph
81. Schedule 7: Air traffic services: consequential amendments
82. Transport Act 2000 (c.38)
83. 1Paragraph 1
84. 2Paragraph 2
85. 3Paragraph 3
86. 4Paragraph 4
87. 5Paragraph 5
88. 6Paragraph 6
89. 7Paragraph 7
90. 8Paragraph 8
91. 9Paragraph 9
92. 10Paragraph 10
93. Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24)
94. 11Paragraph 11
95. Schedule 8: Unmanned aircraft: powers of police officers and prison authorities
96. Part 1: General powers of police officers
97. Power of constable to require an unmanned aircraft to be grounded
98. 1Paragraph 1
99. Power of constable to stop and search persons or vehicles
100. 2Paragraph 2
101. Power to enter and search premises under warrant
102. 3Paragraph 3
103. Supplementary powers
104. 4Paragraph 4
105. Meaning of “relevant unmanned aircraft offence”
106. 5Paragraph 5
107. Meaning of “relevant offence under regulation 3(3) of the Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025”
108. 6Paragraph 6
109. Meaning of “relevant offence under article 265E(7) of the ANO 2016”
110. 7Paragraph 7
111. Meaning of “relevant prison offence”
112. 8Paragraph 8
113. Meaning of “Scottish common law prison offence”
114. 9Paragraph 9
115. Other interpretation
116. 10Paragraph 10
117. Part 2: Powers of police officers and prison authorities under Police Act 1997
118. Authorisations to interfere with property etc
119. 11Paragraph 11
120. 12Paragraph 12
121. Schedule 9: Unmanned aircraft: powers of police officers relating to ANO 2016 and the Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025
122. Provision by remote pilots of evidence of competency
123. 1Paragraph 1
124. Provision by remote pilots of information about UAS operators
125. 2Paragraph 2
126. Provision by UAS operators of evidence of registration
127. 3Paragraph 3
128. Provision by UAS operators of information about remote pilots
129. 4Paragraph 4
130. Provision by remote pilots or UAS operators of other information etc
131. 5Paragraph 5
132. Provision of evidence of consents for certain flights
133. 6Paragraph 6
134. Provision of evidence of exemptions for certain flights
135. 7Paragraph 7
136. Power to inspect unmanned aircraft in connection with other powers
137. 8Paragraph 8
138. Offence of providing false or misleading information etc
139. 9Paragraph 9
140. Provision of information etc at a police station
141. 10Paragraph 10
142. Interpretation
143. 11Paragraph 11
144. Schedule 10: Fixed penalties for certain offences relating to unmanned aircraft
145. Power to issue fixed penalty notices
146. 1Paragraph 1
147. Fixed penalty offences
148. 2Paragraph 2
149. Fixed penalty notices
150. 3Paragraph 3
151. Effect of fixed penalty notice
152. 4Paragraph 4
153. Amount of fixed penalty
154. 5Paragraph 5
155. Supplementary provision
156. 6Paragraph 6
157. Issuing of registration documents
158. 7Paragraph 7
159. Sending of registration documents
160. 8Paragraph 8
161. Registration of fixed penalty: document sent to designated officer in England and Wales
162. 9Paragraph 9
163. Registration of fixed penalty: document sent to clerk in Scotland
164. 10Paragraph 10
165. Registration of fixed penalty: document sent to clerk of petty sessions in Northern Ireland
166. 11Paragraph 11
167. Bodies corporate & the Crown
168. 12Paragraph 12
169. Interpretation
170. 13Paragraph 13
171. Schedule 11: Amendment and enforcement regulations
172. Part 1: Amendment of provisions that relate to offences
173. Amendments in consequence of relevant subordinate legislation
174. 1Paragraph 1
175. Parliamentary procedure
176. 2Paragraph 2
177. Part 2: Enforcement of particular EU-derived legislation
178. Regulations providing for criminal offences or civil penalties
179. 3Paragraph 3
180. Part 3: Interpretation
181. Interpretation
182. 4Paragraph 4