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UK Civil Aviation Regulations

These are published by the CAA on our UK Regulations pages. EU Regulations and EASA Access Guides published by EASA no longer apply in the UK. Our website and publications are being reviewed to update all references. Any references to EU law and EASA Access guides should be disregarded and where applicable the equivalent UK versions referred to instead.

Typography

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Blockquote

Example

We are a public corporation, established by Parliament in 1972 as an independent specialist aviation regulator.

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <blockquote cite="https://www.caa.co.uk/Our-work/About-us/Our-role/">We are a public corporation, established by Parliament in 1972 as an independent specialist aviation regulator.
   </blockquote>
</div>

Guidance

The blockquote element should only be used for its intended purpose - to provide an extended quotation from a longer passage of text, not to apply additional visual styling to text. Use the cite attribute to provide the quotation source URL.

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Font

Example

"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
"Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <h1> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h1>
   <h2> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h2>
   <h3> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h3>
   <h4> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h4>
   <h5> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h5>
   <h6> "Roboto","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;</h6>
</div>

Guidance

  • The default font is Roboto, falling back to Helvetica Neue, then Helvetica, then Arial.
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Headings

Example

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5
Heading 6

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <h1>Heading 1</h1>
   <h2>Heading 2</h2>
   <h3>Heading 3</h3>
   <h4>Heading 4</h4>
   <h5>Heading 5</h5>
   <h6>Heading 6</h6>
</div>
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Paragraphs

Example

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tinciduntut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper.

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, <a href="https://www.caa.co.uk">
consectetuer adipiscing elit</a>, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tinciduntut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper.
   </p>
</div>
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Unordered list

Example

  • First item
  • Second item
  • Third item

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <ul>
   <li>First item</li>
   <li>Second item</li>
   <li>Third item</li>
   </ul>
</div>
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Ordered list

Example

  1. First item
  2. Second item
  3. Third item

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <ol>
   <li>First item</li>
   <li>Second item</li>
   <li>Third item</li>
   </ol>
</div>
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Ordered list - lowercase letters

Example

  1. First item
  2. Second item
  3. Third item

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <ol type="a">
   <li>First item</li>
   <li>Second item</li>
   <li>Third item</li>
   </ol>
</div>
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Ordered list - lowercase Roman numerals

Example

  1. First item
  2. Second item
  3. Third item

Markup

                        
<div class="c-rich-text">
   <ol type="i">
   <li>First item</li>
   <li>Second item</li>
   <li>Third item</li>
   </ol>
</div>
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News from UK Civil Aviation Authority

  1. SaxaVord Spaceport granted range licence by Civil Aviation Authority
    • Published on:
    • Category: News Item
  2. Range control licences: Giving space space
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    • Category: Blog Post
  3. Nearly half of consumers think airports and airlines are ready for their summer getaway
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    • Category: News Item