Implementation of the new EASA drone regulations that were due to come into force throughout Europe on 1st July 2020 have now been postponed for implementation in the UK by the CAA at least 4 months and will now be implemented not before 1st November 2020. So this gives us an extra period of grace in the sub 250g weight category whereby we don't need to register, take a test, or be over-regulated with a load of additional nonsensical rules.

There is no word from the FPVUK membership news page yet but the BMFA have released a news article HERE.

Members of the FPVUK and BMFA were exempt from registering as a drone operator until the EASA regulations came into play on 1st July 2020, however it's not yet clear if that exemption period will also be extended to fall in line with the delay to the EASA regulations. If I find out then I will post back here.

All the amendments can be found in the CAA CAP1789 document HERE.

Updates regarding the regulation can be found on the CAA UK website HERE. Also quoted below.

UK Civil Aviation Authority Wrote:New European UAS Regulations – Updated Guidance

29 April 2020 – We have published an updated version of our Guidance document: CAP1789 The EU UAS Regulation Package – Outline

This version provides an update based on revised information and policy developments since its original publication in June 2019.

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Delay to the applicability date of EU UAS Regulation

Because of the ongoing disruption caused by the COVID19 outbreak, it has been decided that we will postpone the introduction of the new EU UAS Regulations within the UK by a period of at least four months.  As a result the new requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (known as the Implementing Regulation – IR) before 1 November 2020.

We are aware that the European Commission(EC) is also considering a postponement to the IR’s applicability date but the decision on this, and hence the final length of the delay period, is not likely to be made for a number of weeks yet.  We have taken the decision now so that we can provide a reasonable degree of certainty for you all, rather than continue to work towards the original 1 July applicability date and then change at the last minute.

It is quite possible that the EC may subsequently delay the applicability beyond 1 November, and we will notify you accordingly if this is the case. Rest assured, however, that the date from which any person involved in the operation of UAS within the UK will need to comply with the IR will not be before 1 November 2020.

Our guidance within CAP1789 (The EU UAS Regulation Package – Outline) is being updated to reflect this applicability date change, along with a number of other developments since its original publication, and will be published very shortly.  The relevant dates within CAP722B will also be changed appropriately, as will the relevant aspects of the CAA Scheme of Charges.

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