Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the revocation of Section 85 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 in 2004, whether the framework governing aircraft safety in the UK (a) is contained in secondary instruments or other regulations and (b) constitutes retained EU law.

The majority of aviation safety requirements are contained in retained EU law. However some aviation activities, mainly related to very light aircraft and smaller airports, are excluded from the scope of the retained EU law. These activities are regulated under the Air Navigation Order 2016.