Prohibition on Tampering with Registration Labels

Verified from official sources
48(5)Version 1Effective -Verified 31 August 2026

In plain language

You are not allowed to damage, remove, or mess with any drone registration label unless you have official permission from the authority.

Requirement as structured

A person must not intentionally damage, remove, tamper with, deface, or mutilate any registration label affixed to a registrable unmanned aircraft without the Authority's permission.

Original regulatory text

A person commits an offence if the person — (a) without the permission of the Authority, intentionally damages, removes, tampers, defaces or mutilates any registration label installed, affixed or displayed on a registrable unmanned aircraft; and (b) knows or ought reasonably to know that the person does not have that permission