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Information on Aviation law in the UK

Guidance on UK aviation legislation, retained EU regulations and CAA compliance material.

The Government publishes all UK aviation law (including assimilated EU law) on legislation.gov.uk. However, Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC), Guidance Material (GM) and other related compliance material is published by the CAA. The CAA has developed an unofficial consolidation of the law, AMC and GM to support industry in understanding the totality of the requirements.

Aviation Law in the UK

UK aviation law includes assimilated EU law, which has also subsequently been amended by an increasing amount of UK law.

On these pages we publish:

  • CAA unofficial consolidations of the law, AMC and GM where there is a combination of UK aviation law and CAA compliance material.
  • Links to UK aviation law at legislation.gov.uk where only legislation is published.
  • Forms referenced in the legislation and AMC/GM may be found on the Forms page of this website.
  • UK CS and other information applicable to UK registered aircraft, pilots, aircraft engineers, other persons involved in UK aviation and organisations.
  • UK AltMoC proposed and accepted by CAA prior to 31 December 2020 continues from 1 January 2021 to be means by which the requirements in the applicable EU Retained legislation, now UK law, can be met. This AltMoC is published in CAP 1721, along with AltMoC accepted by the CAA since 2021.

Note: Stakeholders should no longer refer to EU or EASA websites for a description of their rights and obligations under Aviation law (including AMC, GM, CS and other information) as this is likely to be out of date, either because the UK position has changed or because the EU or EASA position has changed since 1 January 2021.