Requirement for, and grant of, police air operator’s certificate
134.—(1) A flight by an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom in the service of a police authority is, for the purposes of this Order, deemed to be a public transport flight.
(2) If any passenger is carried on such a flight it is deemed to be for the purpose of the public transport of passengers.
(3) Save as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Order and of any regulations made under this Order must be complied with in relation to a flight in the service of a police authority as if that flight were for the purpose of public transport or the public transport of passengers.
(4) An aircraft registered in the United Kingdom must not fly on any flight in the service of a police authority otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of—
(a)a police air operator’s certificate granted to the operator;
(b)a national air operator’s certificate granted to the operator;
(c)both—
(i)a Part-CAT air operator certificate granted to the operator; and
(ii)Part-CAT and Part-ORO as though the flight were a commercial air transport operation; or
(d)a permission given by the CAA.