The Air Navigation Order 2009

Application for registration

6.—(1) An application for the registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom must be made in writing to the CAA and must—

(a) include or be accompanied by such information and evidence relating to the aircraft and the ownership and chartering of the aircraft as the CAA may require to enable it to determine whether the aircraft may properly be registered in the United Kingdom and to issue the certificate of registration; and

(b) include the proper description of the aircraft according to column 3 of the ‘Classification of aircraft’ in Part A of Schedule 3.

(2) If the CAA receives an application for the registration of an aircraft in the United Kingdom and is satisfied that the aircraft may properly be so registered, the CAA must register the aircraft, wherever it may be, and include in the register the following information—

(a) the number of the certificate;

(b) the nationality mark of the aircraft and the registration mark assigned to it by the CAA;

(c) the name of the constructor of the aircraft and its designation;

(d) the serial number of the aircraft;

(e) the name and address of every person who is entitled as owner to a legal interest in the aircraft or a share of the aircraft or, in the case of an aircraft which is the subject of a charter by demise, the name and address of the charterer by demise; and

(f) in the case of an aircraft registered under article 5(2) or 5(4), an indication that it is so registered.

(3) Subject to paragraph (5) the CAA must supply to the registered owner a certificate of registration.

(4) A certificate of registration must include the information specified in paragraph (2) and the date on which the certificate was issued.

(5) The CAA is not required to supply a certificate of registration if—

(a) the registered owner is the holder of an aircraft dealer’s certificate granted under this Order; and

(b) the registered owner has made to the CAA (and has not withdrawn) a statement of the registered owner’s intention that the aircraft is to fly only in accordance with the conditions in an aircraft dealer’s certificate set out in Part B of Schedule 3.

(6) If a statement under paragraph (5)(b) has been made and not withdrawn, the aircraft must be flown only in accordance with the conditions in the aircraft dealer’s certificate set out in Part B of Schedule 3.

(7) The CAA may grant an aircraft dealer’s certificate to any person who is qualified under article 5(1) if it is satisfied that that person has a place of business in the United Kingdom for buying and selling aircraft.