The UK Military Aviation Authority has issued a Regulatory Notice to seek input from the ‘Regulated Community’ to support further rule-making on RPAS.
The aim of the review is to ‘normalise’ the regulation of RPAS in the MRP. The scope of the review is to address the accuracy, relevancy and coherency of extant regulation. Particular attention will be paid to the utility of implementing a classification framework for the regulation of RPAS and of determining the regulations which would be appropriate/applicable to each classification based on a determination of the likely RtL posed.
Where duplication, omission, incoherence ambiguity or unnecessary regulatory requirements are identified in the MRP, the relevant RAs will be amended, consolidated or new regulation introduced. Given the pace of change in the Regulatory Environment, the review does not aim to ‘future proof’ the new regulations against technological and otherchanges in the 2015+ timescale. That said, the ‘normalisation’ of regulation will provide a far more robust baseline from which to conduct the subsequent amendment that will inevitably be required to accommodate technological or other changes in the 2015+ timescale.
Inputs to the ‘Issues Register’ should be concise, factual and staffed through the appropriate CoC prior to submission to MAA-MRPEnquiries@mod.uk by Friday 10 January 2014.
To read the full notice, click here.