# Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021, Paragraph 3


(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 UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
(b) has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a relevant registration 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 registration requirement.
(3) In this paragraph “relevant registration requirement” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.
(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 the flight, with a relevant registration requirement,
(b) P is or was the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
(c) the relevant registration 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/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-traffic-management-and-unmanned-aircraft-act-2021/schedule-9/paragraph-3
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