# Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021, Paragraph 1


(1) A constable may exercise the power conferred by this paragraph in relation to a person (P) if the constable—
(a) has reasonable grounds for believing that—
(i) a flight by an unmanned aircraft is taking place or has taken place, and
(ii) P is or was the remote pilot of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
(b) has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a relevant competency requirement is or was applicable as respects P and the unmanned aircraft and the flight.
(2) The constable may require P to provide such evidence as the constable considers reasonable of P's compliance, as respects the unmanned aircraft and the flight, with a relevant competency requirement.
(3) In this paragraph “relevant competency requirement” means a requirement imposed by, or referred to in —
(a) article 265E(2)(b)(ii) of the ANO 2016 (tethered small unmanned aircraft of 250g or more: competency);
(b) any of the following provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1284)—
(i) regulation 3(5)(b) (open category: having the appropriate competency in the intended sub-category of flight);
(ii) regulation 3(5)(c) (open category: carrying proof of competency);
(iii) regulation 3(7)(b) (specific category: having the appropriate competency);
(iv) regulation 3(7)(c) (specific category: carrying proof of competency);
(v) regulation 3(8) (specific category: having the appropriate competency specified in the authorisation relating to the flight).
(4) P is guilty of an offence if—
(a) P fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a constable under this paragraph to provide evidence of P's compliance, as respects an unmanned aircraft and a flight, with a relevant competency requirement,
(b) P is or was the remote pilot of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
(c) the relevant competency requirement is or was applicable as respects P and the unmanned aircraft and the flight.
(5) A person who is guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(6) Paragraph 10 includes a defence to the offence under this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/12/schedule/9/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-traffic-management-and-unmanned-aircraft-act-2021/schedule-9/paragraph-1
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