{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/16",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Aviation Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Trespassing on licensed or authorised aerodromes.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, if any person trespasses on any land forming part of an aerodrome licensed in pursuance of an Air Navigation Order or authorised by a certificate under the Aerodromes Regulation, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) No person shall be liable under this section unless it is proved that, at the material time, notices warning trespassers of their liability under this section were posted so as to be readily seen and read by members of the public, in such positions on or near the boundary of the aerodrome as appear to the court to be proper.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(1) inserted (10.1.2015) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3302), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(1) substituted (14.12.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 83(2) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 83(1), 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 heading inserted (10.1.2015) by The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3302), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 39 extended (Anguilla) (with modifications) (8.5.2019) by The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Anguilla) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/756), arts. 1, 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 39 extended (overseas territories) (with modifications) (26.5.2021) by The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (Overseas Territories) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/477), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/16/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:19.120867+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."
}