Licences and permits

The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.

15 of 426 licences in Northern Ireland for Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Aerial application certificate for dropping material from an aircraft or drone (agriculture, horticulture, forestry)

You need an aerial application certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to drop articles from an aircraft for agriculture, horticulture or forestry: apply …

CAA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Agriculture: crops and plants · Transport and logistics, including aviation

Aerial application of plant protection products: permission to spray from an aircraft or drone

You must get an aerial spraying permit from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) before you apply a plant protection product from an aircraft, …

HSE · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Agriculture: crops and plants · Transport and logistics, including aviation

Aircraft maintenance engineering licence - BCAR Section L

Get a BCAR Section L licence for working on UK registered non-Part 21 aircraft.

DfT · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

Aircraft maintenance engineering licence - UK Part 66

Get a UK Part 66 aircraft maintenance engineer licence for working on Part 21 aircraft.

DfT · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

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CAA Operating Licence

You need an operating licence from the Civil Aviation Authority to carry passengers, mail or cargo by air for commercial purposes

DfT · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

CAA Route Licence

You must receive a route licence from the Civil Aviation Authority to operate UK-registered aircraft on commercial passenger or cargo flights outside the European …

DfT · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

Carriage of dangerous goods test and certificate (Northern Ireland)

You need a test and certificate for vehicles which will be carrying dangerous goods

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Drone operational authorisation (Specific category)

You must get an operational authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) before flying a drone in the Specific category, which covers flying that …

CAA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

Drone operator registration (Operator ID)

Before you fly a drone outdoors in the UK that weighs 250g or more, or 100g or more with a camera, the person or …

CAA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

Drone remote pilot competency (Flyer ID, A2 CofC, GVC)

To fly a drone of 100g or more outdoors in the UK you must pass the CAA's free theory test and get a Flyer …

CAA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

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General Aviation Report notification (Northern Ireland)

You may need to notify the police if you are operating a flight arriving or departing at an undesignated port in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Transport and logistics, including aviation

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International road freight operators licence (Northern Ireland)

You need a licence to carry goods (by vehicle) for payment on international journeys

Your council · Northern Ireland

Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Retail: manufacturing and wholesale · Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Move firearms or signalling apparatus to or from a ship, aircraft or aerodrome (Northern Ireland)

You need permission from the police to move firearms to or from a ship, or signalling apparatus, to or from an aircraft or aerodrome …

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Firearms, explosives and fireworks · Marine and marine transport · Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Vehicle access permit for pedestrian zones (Northern Ireland)

Get permission to access a pedestrian zone with a vehicle in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Driving and motor vehicles · Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Weighbridge operator's certificate (Northern Ireland)

You need a certificate of competence to operate a public weighbridge for which a charge is made in Northern Ireland

Your council · Northern Ireland

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We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 6 licences on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.

Checking approvals more broadly?

A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.

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Not sure which of these apply to you?

Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.

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