{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-21D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982/section-21D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/36",
  "legislation_title": "Aviation Security Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-security-act-1982",
  "path": "section/21D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21D",
  "heading": "Unauthorised presence on board aircraft.",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not—\n(a) get into or onto an aircraft at an aerodrome in the United Kingdom except with the permission of the operator of the aircraft or a person acting on his behalf, or\n(b) remain on an aircraft at such an aerodrome after being requested to leave by the operator of the aircraft or a person acting on his behalf.\n(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) above without lawful authority or reasonable excuse shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n( 3 ) A constable, the operator of an aircraft or a person acting on his behalf may use reasonable force to remove a person who fails to comply with a request under subsection (1)(b) above.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 21A–21G inserted by Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31, SIF 39:2) , ss. 5–7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 21D(3) added (14.2.2002) by 2001 c. 24 , ss. 84(2) , 127(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 21D extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (12.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1251 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1 Pt. I S. 21D extended (with modifications) (Guernsey) (17.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2989 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1 Pt. I , II"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 21D : Pt. II (ss. 10-24A) applied (with modifications) (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/1073 , reg. 11(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/36/section/21D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:02.217326+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."
}