Produc- Lion of records and carti- ficates.
Inspection of aircraft stations.
Conditions
of opera. tion of
radio
Apparatus.
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(6) (i) Exceptionally, when an aircraft is located away from its operating base, the person in command of the aircraft may, in emergency only, authorize the temporary repair of the aircraft station installed therein to be undertaken by a person other than as specified in paragraph (2).
(ii) In such cases particulars of the occurrence and of the work carried out shall be recorded in a suitable book by a flight radio operator carried in the aircraft and this book shall be handed by the person in command of the aircraft to the operator of the aircraft at the earliest opportunity. The operator of the aircraft shall cause the aircraft station to be examined by a person in possession of an aircraft radio maintenance engineer's licence grantell or rendered valid by the Director, or by an approved person or firm, as soon as possible after such an occurrence.
(7) All records relating to overhaul, repair, replacement or modification shall be retained by the operator of the aircraft in which the apparatus is installed, or intended to be installed, and shall be preserved by him for a minimum period of two years.
13. The operator of an aircraft registered in the Colony shall, on demand made by persons authorized in writing for this purpose by the Director, produce or cause to be produced any record or certificate made or given in accordance with the requirements prescribed in regulations to, 11 and 12,
14. Any aircraft station (other than an aircraft station com- prising only the radio apparatus specified in the proviso to paragraph (1) of regulation 5) may be inspected by persons authorized in writing for this purpose by the Director in order to ensure that its nature, installation and condition are such that it can be employed without prejudice to the safety of the aircraft or to the efficiency of the radio services. In addition, any aircraft station may be inspected by persons authorized by the Postmaster General in accordance with the terms of the aircraft station licence.
PART IV.
Operation of radio apparatus.
16. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, radio apparatus in aircraft shall be operated in compliance with these regulations and in conformity with-
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(a) the conditions contained in the licence issued by the Postmaster General in respect of the use of radio apparatus in the aircraft; and
(b) the instructions contained in Chapters 111, IV, IX, XI, XVI to XX inclusive and XXIII to XXVII! inclusive, of the "Civil Aviation Communications Handbook";
Provided that nothing in these regulations shall exempt an aircraft, when flying outside the Colony, from complying with any regulations in force in the country flown over.
watch on
16. Except that watch may be discontinued for reasons of Con- safety (e.g., danger of lightning or danger arising from a defect tinuous in the aircraft station as mentioned in regulation 18) and subject to radio the provisions of regulation 19-
(a) every aircraft required by Section III of these regulations
to be equipped with radio apparatus; and
(b) every aircraft, whether registered in the Colony or else
where, Aying in circumstances which require it to communicate with Air Traffic Control in order to comply with the Rules of the Air in Schedule 11 to the Order, shall carry out a continuous watch on the calling frequency in use in the area flown over, unless it has been exempted therefrom by the aeronautical station with which it is in communication.
appuratus.
17. No aircraft, whether registered in the Colony ar else- Sending of where, or unregistered, shall send radio messages or signals while radio flying within the Colony except in accordance with the conditions of the aircraft station licence and in the following circumstances-- (a) when sending is necessary to ensure the safety of any
aircraft or of persons on board aircraft;
(b) when sending is necessary in order to comply with the instructions contained in Chapters III, IX, XI, XVI, XIX, XX and XXIII to XXVII] inclusive, of the "Civil Aviation Communications Handbook"';
(c) when sending is required by the procedure prevailing on
the route on which the aircraft is flying; or
(d) in accordance with a special permission in writing given
by the Director.