SCHEDULES

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.