{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unmanned-aircraft-offences-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unmanned-aircraft-offences-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348275797",
  "legislation_title": "The Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unmanned-aircraft-offences-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 2(2) or regulation 3(2) is liable on summary conviction—\n(a) in England and Wales to a fine, or\n(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 2(3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—\n(a) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in—\n(i) regulation 2(5)(a) (registration);\n(ii) regulation 2(5)(b) (display of registration number);\n(iii) regulation 2(5)(d)(i) (designation of remote pilot);\n(iv) regulation 2(5)(d)(ii) (competency of remote pilot);\n(v) regulation 2(5)(d)(iii) (geo-awareness updates);\n(vi) regulation 2(6)(a) (registration);\n(vii) regulation 2(6)(b) (display of registration number);\n(viii) regulation 2(6)(d)(ii) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);\n(ix) regulation 2(6)(d)(iii) (competency of remote pilot);\n(x) regulation 2(6)(d)(iv) (operations manual);\n(xi) regulation 2(6)(d)(vi) (record-keeping);\n(xii) regulation 2(6)(d)(vii) (access to records etc.);\n(xiii) regulation 2(7)(a) (registration);\n(xiv) regulation 2(7)(b) (display of registration number);\n(xv) regulation 2(7)(d)(ii) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);\n(xvi) regulation 2(7)(d)(iii) (competency of remote pilot);\n(xvii) regulation 2(7)(d)(iv) (operations manual);\n(xviii) regulation 2(7)(d)(vi) (record-keeping);\n(xix) regulation 2(7)(e)(iv) (LUC record-keeping);\n(xx) regulation 2(7)(e)(v) (access to records etc.);\n(xxi) regulation 2(9)(a) (registration), or\n(xxii) regulation 2(9)(b) (display of registration number);\n(b) not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale in any other case.\n(3) Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 3(3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—\n(a) not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in regulation 3(5)(c) or (7)(c) (requirements for remote pilot to carry proof of competency);\n(b) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in regulation 3(5)(b), (5)(e) or (7)(b) (requirements for remote pilot to have appropriate competency and verify MTOM);\n(c) not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale in any other case.\n(4) Any person guilty of an offence under regulation 4(2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348275797/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:31.441896+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."
}