30
M
31
Applica- tion of grant or renewal of licence.
Require- ments for grant of licence for
main-
tenance
engineer.
Certificate
of com- petency.
Radio apparatus rating.
Extension of radio apparatus rating.
Syllabuses of ex- amination.
Provided that applications from persons unable to satisfy these requirements may be dealt with at the discretion of the Director.
38. With reference to Article 34(3) of the Order, application for the grant or renewal of a licence to act in the capacity of aircraft radio maintenance engineer, or for an extension of a rating included in such a licence, should be made to the Director on a form which will be supplied by him on request.
39. An applicant for the grant of an aircraft radio main- tenance engineer's licence-
(a) must be not less than 21 years of age:
(6) must satisfy the Director, by examination or otherwise, that his theoretical and practical knowledge of aircraft radio apparatus is in accordance with the relevant standards notified by the Director; and
(c) must produce satisfactory evidence of having had not less than three years' practical experience of a kind notified and approved by the Director; such experience shall have been acquired during a period reasonably re- cent in relation to the application.
40. A certificate of competency will be issued to an applicant who satisfied the Director as to his technical competency in the foregoing matters:
41. The aircraft radio apparatus for the maintenance, examination and certification in working order of which an air- craft radio maintenance engineer's licence is valid shall be as specified in the certificate of competency,
42. An applicant may be examined in respect of special radio- communication apparatus or radio navigation apparatus not covered by the basic examination and, if successful, an appro- priate entry will be made in the certificate of competency,
43. Syllabuses and particulars of the examination referred to in regulations 39 and 42 are published in the handbook entitled "Aircraft Radio Maintenance Engineers' Licences" (C.A.P. 101), as from time to time amended, obtainable from the Director,
44. (1) The period for which an aircraft radio maintenance Period for engineer's licence may remain in force, following either the grant fcence
which
or any renewal thereof, shall not exceed twelve months.
may remain in force and
licence.
(2) An applicant for the renewal of such a licence- (a) shall be required to furnish satisfactory evidence of renewal of
having been actively employed in the performance of appropriate radio duties for a period of not less than two months during the twelve months immediately preced- ing the date of the application :
Provided that applications from persons unable to satisfy this requirement may be dealt with at the discre- tion of the Director;
(5) may, at the discretion of the Director, be required to undergo all or any part of the technical examination specified for the grant of a licence.
45. The Hong Kong Air Navigation (Radio) Regulations, Rescission. 1953, are rescinded,
Given at Hong Kong this 17th day of April, 1956,
By Command,
I al
Colonial Secretary.
Explanatory Note.
*
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
1. These regulations are made under the Colonial Air Navigation Order, 1955, which revoked the Colonial Air Navigation Order, 1949; they replace the Hong Kong Air Navigation (Radio) Regulations, 1953, as amended, which were made under the Order of 1949.
2. The only important change from the provisions previously in operation is that revised medical requirements are prescribed for the Physical and Visual Standards.
(Secretariat 6/951/53)
(G.N.A.
17/53).