UAS.LUC.010 General requirements for an LUC

GENERAL UAS operators may decide to apply for authorisations or issue declarations, as applicable, for their operations, or apply for an LUC. An LUC holder is considered to be a UAS operator; therefore, they must register according to Article 14 and can do it in parallel to the LUC application.

APPLICATION FOR AN LUC The application should include at least the following information:

(a)Name and address of the applicant’s principal place of business.

(b)Statement that the application serves as a formal application for a LUC.

(c)Statement that all the documentation submitted to the competent authority has been verified by the applicant and found to comply with the applicable requirements.

(d)Desired date for the operation to commence.

(e)Signature of the applicant’s accountable manager.

(f)List of attachments that accompany the formal application (the following is not an exhaustive list):

(i)name(s) of the responsible UAS operator’s personnel, including the accountable manager, operations, maintenance and training managers, the safety manager and security manager, the person responsible for authorising operations with UASs;

(ii)list of UASs to be operated;

(iii)details of the method of control and supervision of operations to be used;

(iv)identification of the operation specifications sought;

(v)OM and safety management manual (SMM). (Note: the OM and SMM may be combined under the LUC Manual);

(vi)schedule of events in the process to gain the LUC certificate with appropriate events addressed and target dates;

(vii)documents of purchase, leases, contracts or letters of intent;

(viii)arrangements for the facilities and equipment required and available; and

(ix)arrangements for crew and ground personnel training and qualification.