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The Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

Draft Legislation:

This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 No. 1284

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

  3. Part 2 Unmanned Aircraft Offences

    1. 2.Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - UAS operator

    2. 3.Contravention of the UK Implementing Regulation - remote pilot

    3. 4.Registration of certified unmanned aircraft

    4. 5.Penalties

    5. 6.Liability of directors etc. where offence committed by body corporate

    6. 7.Offence due to cause not avoidable by reasonable care

    7. 8.Fixed penalty offences

  4. Part 3 Consequential Amendments

    1. 9.Amendment of the Police Act 1997

    2. 10.Amendment of the Air Navigation Order 2016

    3. 11.Amendment of the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021

  5. Signature

  6. Schedules

    1. Schedule 1

      Amendment of the Police Act 1997

      1. 1.In section 93(4A) of the Police Act 1997 (authorisations to...

    2. Schedule 2

      Amendment of the Air Navigation Order 2016

      1. 1.(1) The Air Navigation Order 2016 is amended as follows....

    3. Schedule 3

      Amendment of Schedule 8 to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021

      1. 1.Schedule 8 to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft...

      2. 2.(1) Paragraph 2 (power of constable to stop and search...

      3. 3.In paragraph 5 (meaning of “relevant unmanned aircraft offence”)—

      4. 4.In paragraph 6 (meaning of “relevant offence under article 265B(3)...

    4. Schedule 4

      Amendment of Schedule 9 to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021

      1. 1.Schedule 9 to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft...

      2. 2.In the heading, at the end insert “and the Unmanned...

      3. 3.In paragraph 1 (provision by remote pilots of evidence of...

      4. 4.In paragraph 2 (provision by remote pilots of information about...

      5. 5.In paragraph 6 (provision of evidence of consents for certain...

  7. Explanatory Note

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