Right now, if you own a drone and want to take photos for commercial use, you needed a complex and costly licence before you could do so.

The legislative amendment approved in March allows for operators of drones under 2kg to conduct commercial work with their drone without the need for an "Unmanned Aircraft Operators Certificate" which has been costing anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 for users.

Local drone operator Steve Keep said it is a kick in the guts to those who have spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours training and familiarising themselves with the rules and regulations of operating an aircraft.

"For those of us in the industry who have spent the tens of thousands of dollars, have done the training and have gotten the qualifications it is hard to swallow," he said.

"It means anyone can walk in and they don't have to do the same thing. For me it's not about the commercial loss, it's about the safety.

"They don't get training, they don't know the rules and regulations either. It puts the lives of full size pilots at risk."

While the amendment has been passed, it does have a six month implementation period.

You'll have to wait until September 29 for the process to be in place. That six months allows CASA the time to educate the public and operators on the changes and the new process.

The process though is very simple. You'll need to as always abide by the standard flight rules which are not to fly within 5.5km of an airport, not above 120 meters, not within 30m of people, buildings, railways or vehicles and always have visual line of sight of the drone.

Still, the fear is that these rules will not be followed. It has local pilot Judge Hodge frightened at the possibilities of what could happen.

"It makes me really, really scared. People buy these drones and they want to have fun," she said.

"They don't know the rules, they don't know what to do. A friend of mine is a pilot for Qantas and was flying at 3,500 feet over Rose Bay and saw a drone whizzing by.

"I've seen a few myself and it scares the hell out of me."

Judy believes that a licence should have to be obtained for anyone wanting to use a drone for any form of use.

"You can't drive a car without a licence. These things are an aircraft so you should have to have a licence," she said.

"You should have to have training or at the very least when they are sold they should come with some sort of a registration info and proper rules and regulations with compulsory training."