{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-safety-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-safety-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendment of Article 3b of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395",
  "text": "(1) Article 3b (existing pilot licences and national medical certificates) is amended as follows.\n(2) For paragraph 2(b) substitute—\n“(b) convert the privileges for commercial operation associated with a Part-FCL licence into:\n(i) a commercial non-passenger operation rating where the licence holder complies with point BFCL.215 of Annex III; or\n(ii) a commercial operation rating where the licence holder complies with point BFCL.220 of Annex III;”.\n(3) In paragraph 3—\n(a) for “By that date” substitute “Except as provided for in paragraph 5”;\n(b) omit the words from “that complies” to “Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011”.\n(4) Omit paragraph 4.\n(5) After paragraph 4 insert—\n“(5) A Private Pilot’s Licence (Balloons and Airships) issued in accordance with Article 152 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 is not required to be converted as provided for by paragraph 3 where:\n(a) it remains valid in accordance with that Order;\n(b) it is used in accordance with Article 154 and section 3 of Chapter 2, Part 1 of Schedule 8 of that Order.\n(6) The CAA may convert a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons) (CPL(B)) issued in accordance with Article 152 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 to a Balloon Pilot Licence (BPL) endorsed with either a commercial non-passenger operation rating or a commercial passenger operation rating, depending on the experience and qualifications of the licence holder. Such a conversion will be based on a conversion report published by the CAA.\n(7) The holder of a BPL with a commercial operation rating issued on or before 30 September 2025 will be deemed to hold:\n(a) a commercial non-passenger operation rating where the pilot complies with point BFCL.215 of Annex III;\n(b) a commercial passenger operation rating where the pilot complies with point BFCL.220 of Annex III.\n(8) If, on 30 September 2025:\n(a) the holder of a commercial operation rating has the privilege to operate a particular group of hot-air balloons on commercial passenger operations, the holder is considered to meet the flight experience requirements of point BFCL.220(d)(1) of Annex III with respect to that group;\n(b) the holder of a Flight Examiner (Balloons) certificate has the privilege to examine applicants for a commercial operation rating in a particular class or group of balloon, the holder is considered to have complied with the flight experience requirements of BFCL.415 with respect to that class or group.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/878/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:13:03.950559+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."
}