{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-air-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-air-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/840",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Air Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-air-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application of Rules to aircraft",
  "text": "Subject to rule 6 and to articles 249(3) and 22(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 and insofar as these Rules apply to aircraft they apply—\n(a) to all aircraft within the United Kingdom; and\n(b) to all aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, wherever they may be.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 2 substituted (25.8.2016) by The Air Navigation Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/765), art. 1, Sch. 14 para. 9(b) (with arts. 17-23, 274(2)-(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 30.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 160(3) of the Air Navigation Order 2009 provides that it is lawful for any of the Rules of the Air to be departed from to the extent necessary for avoiding immediate danger, complying with the law of any country other than the United Kingdom within which the aircraft then is or for complying with Military Flying Regulations or Flying Orders to Contractors issued by the Secretary of State. Article 252(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2009 provides that nothing in the Order applies to military aircraft apart from certain specified articles, including article 160(1)(a). A “military aircraft” is defined in article 255(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2009."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/840/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:54.306738+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."
}