{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-safety-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/10",
  "legislation_title": "The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-safety-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (aircrew)",
  "text": "(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 1 (subject matter), in paragraph (1)(c) in the first and third place it occurs, after “certificates” insert “and medical declarations”.\n(3) In Annex 1 (Part-FCL), Subpart A (general requirements)—\n(a) in point FCL.010, after the definition of “LPV” insert—\n“‘Medical declaration’ means a medical declaration made in accordance with article 163(3) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 by a pilot holding a private pilot licence (PPL), a balloon pilot licence (BPL), a sailplane pilot licence (SPL), or a light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL), which has not ceased to be valid in accordance with article 163(4) of that Order.”;\n(b) in point FCL.040, after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration”;\n(c) in point FCL.045(a), after “certificate” insert “or medical declaration, appropriate to the privileges exercised,”.\n(4) In Annex 4 (Part-MED), Subpart A (general requirements), in point MED.A.030(c)—\n(a) in point (1), after “certificate” insert “or have made a medical declaration (except where the pilot is exercising the privileges of a LAPL in respect of a turbine engine helicopter, in which case the pilot shall hold at least a valid LAPL medical certificate)”;\n(b) in point (2), after “certificate” insert “(except where the pilot is exercising the privileges of a LAPL in respect of aircraft other than turbine engine helicopters, in which case the pilot shall hold at least a valid class 2 medical certificate or have made a medical declaration)”;\n(c) in point (3)(i), at the end insert “or (except where more than 4 persons are on board the aircraft) have made a medical declaration”;\n(d) in point (4), after “certificate” insert “or have made a medical declaration”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "EUR 1178/2011 - this is a reference to the retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, as amended by S.I. 2019/645 and 2020/1116. The retained version of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 is online at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1178/contents."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/765, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/10/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:44.591740+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."
}