Legislation and background
The Jersey Aircraft Registry (the "Registry") launched
on Friday 6th November 2015 with the coming into force
of the Aircraft Registration (Jersey) Law 2014. The Registry
provides a new platform for the registration of aircraft, as well
as the registration of aircraft mortgages and aircraft engine
mortgages. Further, the Registry provides new opportunities
for lenders to finance the lease or purchase of aircraft and
aircraft engines which are registered in Jersey. The new
registration system is available online (24 hours a day, 7 days a
week) and more information is available here.
In order to introduce the Registry, two new pieces of primary
legislation have been introduced in Jersey, namely the Aircraft
Registration (Jersey) Law 2014 (the "Aircraft Registration
Law") mentioned above and the Air Navigation (Jersey) Law 2014
(the "Air Navigation Law"). The Air Navigation Law
came into force in December 2014 and various
