An aircraft can be entered on the UK Register of Civil Aircraft either under the name of the aircraft owner or the charterer by demise. For full details of the legislation around registration of aircraft in the UK, please see Articles 24 to 32 of the Air Navigation Order 2016.

To be eligible to be entered on the UK Register of Civil Aircraft, the aircraft must be owned or chartered by:

• British citizens;
• Nationals of any European Economic Area state;
• Undertakings formed in accordance with the law of an EEA State which have their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the EEA, including companies or undertakings incorporated in the UK;
• Firms carrying out business in Scotland;
• The Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the UK, and the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration;
• British protected persons.