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An announcement was made in December 2022 which confirmed the extension of the Transitional Period until 2026 and the UAS Regulation was released comprising the Consolidated Regulation, Acceptable Means of Compliance, Guidance Material and Certification Specifications to UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (as amended) This was scheduled to be the end of 2022 however, following a public consultation, the CAA produced a response document ( CAP2367) along with recommendations to the DfT. The biggest factor that was expected to affect drone operators regarding regulation was the intended move to the classification of drones (C0 to C4). the very impressive DJI Mini 3 Pro) then please read our post about the rules for these sub-250g drones

We will be focussing on the regulations for drones between 250g and 25kg, if your drone weighs less than 250g (eg.
UAV DRONE UK UPDATE
You can read more about why 2021 was an important update to drone laws in 2021. Minimum age requirements for operating in the Open and Specific Categories have been removed for example, and there have been a number of updates and additions to guidance from the CAA, in CAP2248 (related to the carriage of dangerous goods), CAP722F and CAP1789A. There have been several updates to drone law since 2021, affecting drone use no matter whether you are flying for leisure in the Open Category or operating under an Operational Authorisation in the Specific Category. While, unsurprisingly, the UK has deviated from aligning entirely with EU regulations, these do continue to form important parts of the drone laws in 2023. On the day we departed the EU, 31 st December 2020, we retained EU law in relation to drones and now fall under a range of EU UAS Implementing Regulations and Amendments considered together as the “UAS Regulations”.
