Requirement for Operational Authorisation in Specific Category

In plain language

If your flight cannot comply with the basic Open category rules (such as weight limits, distance from people, or altitude), you must obtain an operational authorisation from the CAA before flying.

Requirement as structured

A UAS operator must obtain an operational authorisation from the CAA if any requirement of the Open category (Article 4 or Part A of the Annex) is not met.

Original regulatory text

Where one of the requirements laid down in Article 4 or in Part A of the Annex is not met, a UAS operator shall be required to obtain an operational authorisation pursuant to Article 12 from the CAA .

Applies when

country

United Kingdom

operation

EU UAS operation

regulatory category

Specific