Owner must register the unmanned aircraft before operations

In plain language

The owner must register the unmanned aircraft with the GCAA or the competent authority, as applicable, before carrying out operations.

Requirement as structured

The owner must register the unmanned aircraft with the GCAA or the competent authority, as applicable, before carrying out operations.

Original regulatory text

يجب على المالك تسجيل الطائرة بدون طيار لدى الهيئة أو السلطة المختصة بحسب الأحوال قبل القيام بعمليات التشغيل

Applies when

actor

Owner

scope

general

article 3

Applies to all unmanned aircraft and related activities in the UAE, including free zones (3(1)); excludes (a) UA used/operated by security bodies, (b) UA excluded by Cabinet resolution on GCAA recommendation, (c) UA used by government bodies excluded by Cabinet resolution on GCAA recommendation (3(2)). Cabinet exclusion resolutions not located — explicit unknown.

condition

Before operations; registering body is GCAA or the competent (emirate) authority as applicable. Deregistration-notice clause and the trailing 'in accordance with the approved conditions, requirements and procedures' clause are omitted: the procedural clause follows the deregistration duty and its attachment to the registration duty is not certain from the text, so it is not imported. Art 3 exclusions apply.