Application of the Order to the Crown and visiting forces
23.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the provisions of this Order apply to, or in relation to, aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of Her Majesty, as they apply to or in relation to other aircraft.
(2) For the purposes of such application the department or other authority for the time being responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of the aircraft is deemed to be the operator of the aircraft.
(3) Nothing in this article renders liable to any penalty any department or other authority responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of any aircraft.
(4) The naval, military and air force authorities and the members of any visiting force and any international headquarters and the members thereof and property held or used for the purpose of such a force or headquarters are exempt from the provisions of this Order to the same extent as if that force or headquarters formed part of the forces of Her Majesty raised in the United Kingdom and for the time being serving there.
(5) Nothing in this Order applies to or in relation to any military aircraft.