Malaysia

UAS Regulations

The CAAM  has a drone 'landing' page: https://www.caam.gov.my/sectors-divisions/flight-operations/unmanned-aircraft-system-uas/    with the following information:

Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) would like to emphasise that all Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) or more familiarly known as Drone flight activities are currently bound to Civil Aviation Regulation 2016 (MCAR) Regulation 140-144.

Standard Authorisation to Fly (ATF)

If your UAS activity is flown not categorised as Special UAS Project, Agricultural UAS Operations, flown within Visual Line of Sight in Class G Airspace and utilising less than 20 kilogrammes of UA. Then most likely, you will require to submit the Standard Application to achieve your Authorisation to Fly.
CAAM: UAS –02/20191CAAM STANDARD REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF DRONE PERMIT(Below 20kg)  https://www.caam.gov.my/sectors-divisions/flight-operations/unmanned-aircraft-system-uas/standard-authorisation-to-fly-atf/

Government Agencies to conduct AdHoc UAS Operations (GAO) Application

The objective of the Government Agencies to Conduct AdHoc UAS Operations (GAO) application is to facilitate government agencies, local authorities, law enforcement agencies and/or local safety entities to conduct ad-hoc UAS operations for the purpose of law enforcement, surveillance and/or other related activity of public interest protection in Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) and/or Extended Visual Line of Sight (EVLOS) only.

Application for Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) Certificate of Approval (COA)

Civil Aviation Directive 6011 Part (I) Remote Pilot Training Organisation (CAD 6011 Part (I) – RPTO) is applicable to all organisation who wish to conduct Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) remote pilot training and to be approved as a Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) by CAAM.

THURSDAY, 26 MARCH 202 OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OPERATIONS OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS)/DRONE& TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY AIR REQUIRES CAAM AUTHORISATION https://www.caam.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/Press_Release_-_OPERATIONS_OF_UAS_DRONE__TRANSPORTATION_OF_DANGEROUS_GOODS_BY_AIR.pdf
 

The Civil Aviation Regulations 2016 includes: PART XVI - UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM [ in Malay and English: from page 285]:

• 140.Unmanned aircraft system
• 141.Aerial work involving unmanned aircraft system
• 142.Small unmanned aircraft
• 143.Small unmanned surveillance aircraft
• 144.Unmanned aircraft system of more than 20 kilogrammes

140. Unmanned aircraft system
(1) No person shall fly an unmanned aircraft system—
(a) in Class A, B, C, or G airspace;
(b) within an aerodrome traffic zone; and
(c) at the height of more than 400 feet above the surface of the earth, unless authorized by the Director General and shall be subject to the requirements as may be determined by the Director General.
(2) An application for an authorisation under subregulation (1) shall be made to the Director General in accordance with regulation 189.
(3) The person in charge of an unmanned aircraft system shall not cause or permit any article or animal whether or not attached to a parachute to be dropped from the unmanned aircraft system.
(4) For the purpose of this regulation, “Class A, B, C, or G airspace” means the airspace as notified by the Director General.
 
141. Aerial work involving unmanned aircraft system
(1) No person shall fly an unmanned aircraft system for the purpose of aerial work without the authorisation from the Director General.
(2) An application for the authorisation under subregulation (1) shall be made to the Director General in accordance with regulation 189.
142. Small unmanned aircraft  
(1) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft may fly the small unmanned aircraft if he is satisfied that the flight can safely be made.
(2) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft shall maintain direct and unaided visual contact with such small unmanned aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircrafts, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions.

143. Small unmanned surveillance aircraft
(1) No person shall fly a small unmanned surveillance aircraft in any of the following circumstances without the authorisation from the Director General:
(a) over any designated area;
(b) within 150 metres of any designated area;
(c) over any assembly in the open air of more than 1,000 persons;
(d) within 150 metres of any assembly in the open air of more than 1,000 persons;
(e) within 50 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft;
(f) within 50 metres of any person; and
(g) within 30 metres of any person during take-off or landing.
(2) An application for the authorisation under subregulation (1) shall be made to the Director General in accordance with regulation 189.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation, “designated area” means any area which is used for residential, commercial, industrial or recreational purposes.

144. Unmanned aircraft system of more than 20 kilogrammes
(1) No person shall fly an unmanned aircraft system having a mass of more than 20 kilogrammes without its fuel, without the authorisation from the Director General.
(2) An application for the authorisation under subregulation (1) shall be made to the Director General in accordance with regulation 189.

PART XXVII 189. GENERAL Application for licence, certificate, permit, etc. (page 312).

An AIC from 2008 is here but may no longer be current: AIC/2016.pdf

[Last updated by David Guerin March 2021]