SCHEDULE 9Unmanned aircraft: powers of police officers relating to ANO 2016
Provision by remote pilots or UAS operators of other information etc
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(1)
A constable may exercise the power conferred by this paragraph in relation to a person (P) if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that—
(a)
a flight by an unmanned aircraft is taking place or has taken place, and
(b)
P is or was the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight.
(2)
The constable may require P to provide such information, documentation or evidence that is of a specified description as the constable considers reasonable.
(3)
In this paragraph “specified description” means a description specified by the Secretary of State by regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(4)
Regulations under this paragraph that specify a description of information, documentation or evidence may provide for conditions that must be met before a constable may require P to provide information, documentation or evidence that is within that description.
(5)
P is guilty of an offence if—
(a)
P fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a constable under this paragraph to provide information, documentation or evidence,
(b)
P is or was the remote pilot or the UAS operator of the unmanned aircraft for the flight, and
(c)
at the time when the constable imposed the requirement, P could have provided information, documentation or evidence of the kind which the constable required P to provide.
(6)
A person who is guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(7)
Paragraph 10 includes a defence to the offence under this paragraph.