The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2020

Transitional provisions

13.—(1) A permission granted to any person under article 94(5), 94A(2) or 95(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 before 31st December 2020 has effect, on and after 31st December 2020, as if it were an operational authorisation issued to that person under Article 12 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation and as if any condition of the permission was a condition of that operational authorisation.

(2) A certificate of registration issued to any person under article 94C(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 before 31st December 2020 has effect, from 31st December 2020 until the date on which it would have expired, as evidence that that person has satisfied the registration requirement in Article 14(5) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation.

(3) An acknowledgement of competency issued to any person under article 94E(1) of the Air Navigation Order 2016 before 31st December 2020 has effect, from 31st December 2020 until the date on which it would have expired, as evidence that that person has the appropriate competency required by point UAS.OPEN.020(4)(b) of Part A of the Annex to the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), an exemption granted to any person under article 266 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 before 31st December 2020—

(a) from article 94(3) of that Order, in respect of a small unmanned aircraft; or

(b) from any other provision of that Order, in respect of any unmanned aircraft other than a small unmanned aircraft,

has effect, on and after 31st December 2020, as if it were an operational authorisation issued to that person under Article 12 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation and as if any condition of the exemption was a condition of that operational authorisation.

(5) Paragraph (4) does not apply to any exemption granted in respect of an unmanned aircraft required to be certified under Article 40(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Unmanned Aircraft Delegated Regulation.