_Regulation · Operational restriction_

# UK CAA drone (UAS) regulatory framework

Canonical ID: `630bcf9e-02d0-4e98-b584-74e0d681e3b8`

- **Jurisdiction:** [United Kingdom](/locations/united-kingdom.md) (id: `84e0a0ff-62f3-4522-b9c6-30c1ed454ad2`)
- **Kind:** `operational_restriction`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2016-08-25

The United Kingdom's drone (UAS) regulatory framework, administered by the Civil Aviation Authority: the Air Navigation Order 2016 plus the retained UK versions of EU Regulations 2019/947 (UAS Implementing Regulation) and 2019/945 (UAS Delegated Regulation), under the Basic Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the Civil Aviation Act 1982. It sets the Open, Specific, and Certified operating categories; beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operation falls in the Specific category requiring Operational Authorisation, with the CAA's BVLOS programme targeting routine BVLOS by 2027 (the framework under which Wing operates in the UK).

## Sources (4)

1. https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/regulations-consultations-and-policy-programmes/uk-regulatory-framework-for-drones-and-other-unmanned-aircraft/
2. https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/regulations-consultations-and-policy-programmes/policy-programmes/beyond-visual-line-of-sight-bvlos/
3. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/contents
4. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=a173acfe-5e59-48b8-8545-db2a9c487017

## Status history

- **in_effect** · 2016-08-25 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-1 EU/Europe regs)
    - UK CAA drone framework (ANO 2016 + retained UK Reg 2019/947) in effect; BVLOS via Specific-category Operational Authorisation.

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