{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-IV/division-subpart+a/division-section+1/division-catgenmpa170",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-IV/division-subpart+a/division-section+1/division-catgenmpa170.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/965",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/subpart+a/division/section+1/division/catgenmpa170",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "CAT.GEN.MPA.170",
  "heading": "Psychoactive substances",
  "text": "(a)The operator shall take all reasonable measures to prevent a person boarding an aircraft or being on board an aircraft when that person is under the influence of a psychoactive substance and is behaving in such a way as to risk endangering the safety of the aircraft or of another person on board of the aircraft.\n(b)The operator shall develop and implement a policy on the prevention and detection of misuse of psychoactive substances by flight crew members and cabin crew members and by other safety-sensitive personnel under its direct control, in order to ensure that the safety of the aircraft or its occupants is not endangered.\n(c)The operator shall develop and implement an objective, transparent and non-discriminatory procedure for the prevention and detection of cases of misuse of psychoactive substances by its flight crew members and cabin crew members and other safety-sensitive personnel under its direct control.\n(d)The operator shall inform the CAA of any case of misuse of psychoactive substances by any person to whom the procedure in point (c) applies as soon as reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 4 point CAT.GEN.MPA.170 substituted (20.11.2021) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1203), regs. 1(2), 11(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/IV/division/subpart+a/division/section+1/division/catgenmpa170",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:05.762953+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."
}