{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-air-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-air-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-5.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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Landing and taking off within congested areas and near open-air assemblies",
  "text": "(1) An aircraft must not take off or land within a congested area of any city, town or settlement except—\n(a) at an aerodrome in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA; or\n(b) at a landing site which is not an aerodrome in accordance with the permission of the CAA.\n(2) An aircraft must not land or take-off within 1,000 metres of an open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons except—\n(a) at an aerodrome in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA; or\n(b) at a landing site which is not an aerodrome in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA and with the written permission of the organiser of the assembly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 30.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/840/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}