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Aerial Navigation Act 1913

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Aerial Navigation Act, 1911.
Citation	2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 22
Dates
Royal assent	14 February 1913
Other legislation
Amends	Aerial Navigation Act 1911

The Aerial Navigation Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 22) was an amendment of the Aerial Navigation Act 1911, designed to protect Britain from attack from air. It was passed within a week and gave the British government the authority to shoot down aircraft flying over prohibited territory.

References

1. Latey, William (1921). "The Law of the Air". Transactions of the Grotius Society. 7: 77–78. ISSN 1479-1234. JSTOR 742929.
2. Bartsch, Ronald I. C. (2016). "1. International aviation law". International Aviation Law: A Practical Guide. London: Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9781409432876.
3. Higham, Robin (2016). Britain's Imperial Air Routes 1918-1939. Croydon: Fonthill Media. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-78155-370-1.
4. Holman, Brett (2014). "8. The German air menace: 1913, 1922, and 1935". The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908–1941. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 198. ISBN 9781409447337.

External links

• Hansard. 10 February 1913
• National Archives

• United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1913
• Aviation history of the United Kingdom
• History of transport in the United Kingdom