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Defect in radin apparatus.
Prohibi-
tion against
use of
defective radio stations.
Fre quency.
Operation of radio apparatus.
18. An aircraft which is equipped with an aircraft station having a defect such as to impair the safety of the aircraft sha!! not undertake any flight until the aircraft station has been rendered safe, or, if such defect occurs during flight, shall land as soon as possible unless the aircraft station can be and is speedily rendered safe during flight.
19. An aircraft station which is in such a condition that it cannot be employed without causing interference to the efficiency of the radiocommunication service of air navigation shall not be used (a) in an aircraft registered in the Colony wherever the air- craft may be, or (b) in an aircraft registered elsewhere than in the Colony, or, in an unregistered aircraft, when such aircraft is flying within the Colony,
20. No person shall send any message or signal from an air- craft station on a frequency which is not notified for use by aircraft stations.
21. Radio apparatus installed in an aircraft shall not be operated for the purpose of sending morse or spoken messages otherwise than by a licensed flight radio operator and in accordance with the privileges attaching to his licence:
Provided that-
(i) if a licensed flight radio operator has become incapacitated during a flight the person in command of the aircraft may, as a temporary measure, authorize a person not licensed for the purpose to work the apparatus for send- ing and receiving distress, urgency and safety messages, messages relating thereto and messages or signals regard- ing the navigation of the aircraft;
(ii) the Director may, at his discretion, grant permission to particular persons, or to persons of such classes or description as he may specify, not being licensed flight radio operators to operate radio apparatus in aircraft for sending spoken messages to aeronautical stations in the Colony, or to aircraft flying within the Colony, on fre- quencies above 60 mc/s. that are not regarded inter- nationally as frequencies to be used by aircraft on international flights. Any such apparatus worked by unlicensed operators shall be incapable of easy adjustment
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for changing frequencies to any other than those for which the apparatus is licensed, and shall be worked in accordance with such conditions as may be attached to the permission.
22. With reference to Article 27(3) of the Order, tele- Telecom-
munication communication log books shall be kept by the persons and entries
in such books shall include the particulars and be made and signed books. in the form and manner specified in Chapter III of the "Civil Aviation Communications Handbook".
PART V.
Licensing of flight radio operators and aircraft radio maintenance engineers.
23. With reference to Article 23 of the Order, application for Applica- the grant or renewal of a licence to act in the capacity of flight tion of
grant or radio operator, or for an extension of a rating included in such a renewal of livence, should be made to the Director on a form which will be
licence. supplied by him on request,
24. Licences may be granted only to applicants who have Age of reached the minimuın ages indicated below-
() for a flight radiotelephony operator's restricted
licence
(i) for a general flight radiotelephony operator's
licence
(iii) for # first class flight radiotelegraphy
operator's licence (temporary)
(iv) for a first class flight radiotelegraphy opera-
tor's licence
licence- holder.
17 years
18 years
18 years
20 years.
25. An applicant for the grant of a flight radio operator's Require- licence shall be required to satisfy the following conditions-
ments for grant of Licence for
(i) be à natural-born British subject, citizen of the Republic flight of Ireland, or a British protected person, whose father or radio mother is or was at death a British subject or, irrespective operátor. of parents' nationality, a British subject (natural-born or naturalized) who has been either resident in the British