Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 101 : Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

Subpart 1 : General Provisions

101.01.1 Applicability

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(1) Subject to subregulation (3) this Part applies to aspects relating to operation of Classes 1 and 2 UAS, unless otherwise determined by the Director.

 

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a UAS may be operated for—
(a) commercial operations;
(b) corporate operations;
(c) non-profit operations; and
(d) private operations.

 

(3) This Part does not apply to—
(a) an autonomous unmanned aircraft and its operation;
(b) an unmanned free balloon and its operations;
(c) a type of aircraft which cannot be managed on a real-time basis during flight;
(d) an aircraft operated in terms of Part 94;
(e) a model aircraft; and
(f) toy aircraft.

 

[Regulation 101.01.1 substituted by regulation 14(b) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]