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<p>The Drone Operator Registration Scheme will apply from November 2019 and is one
of several new measures to address the safety and security challenges that unmanned
aircraft pose. It will help law enforcement agencies to tackle the misuse of such
aircraft effectively, alongside new Police powers, which will be introduced in the
upcoming Drones Bill.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the Department’s 2018 consultation
on unmanned aircraft, the Government stated that any alternative approach for model
flyers must be achieved without imposing undue burden on the state and the taxpayer,
whilst also being efficient and enforceable, without compromising the integrity of
the policy. Any blanket exemption from registration and competency tests for aero
modellers, or having the associations register their members into the registration
scheme, will not meet these criteria.</p>
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