Citation and com- mencement.
Interpreta-
tion.
(5.1. 1961/ 2316, G.N.A. 12/62).
Load sheets.
COLONIAL AIR NAVIGATION ORDER, 1961.
HONG KONG AIR NAVIGATION (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1963.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 77 of the Coloniz Air Navigation Order, 1961, the Governor has made the following regulations-
1. These regulations may be cited as the Hong Kong Air Naviga tion (General) Regulations, 1963, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1963.
2. (1) In these regulations, "the Order” means the Colonial Ac Navigation Order, 1961.
(2) Expressions used in these regulations shall, unless the contex otherwise requires, have the same respective meanings as in the Order
(3) "Aeroplane", where the context so permits, shall includ "landplane", "seaplane" and "amphibian".
3. (1) Every load sheet required by paragraph (4) of Article 21 of the Order shall contain the following particulars--
(a) the nationality mark of the aircraft to which the load shee relates, and the registration mark assigned to that aircraft by the Governor;
(6) particulars of the flight to which the load sheet relates; (c) the total weight of the aircraft as loaded for that flight: (d) the weights of the several items from which the total weight of the aircraft, as so loaded, has been calculated including in particular the weight of the aircraft prepared for servin and the respective total weights of the passengers, c baggage and cargo intended to be carried on the flight: (e) the manner in which the load is distributed and the resulting position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft which may be given approximately if and to the extent that the relevul certificate of airworthiness so permits,
and shall include at the foot or end of the load sheat a certific, signed by the person referred to in paragraph (1) of Article 23 of the Order as responsible for the loading of the aircraft, that the altera!! has been loaded in accordance with the written instructions furnished to him by the operator of the aircraft pursuant to the said Artick D. (2) For the purpose of calculating the total weight of the alreal the respective total weights of the passengers and crew entered in the load sheet shall be computed from the actual weight of each person and for that purpose each person shall be separately weighed:
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Provided that in the case of an aircraft with a total seating capacity of twelve or more persons and subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) the said weights may be calculated according to the following table, and the load sheet shall bear a notation to that effect.
Males over 12 years of age Females over 12 years of age
TABLE.
165 lb.
Children aged 2 years or more, but not over 12 years
of arc Infants under 2 years of age
143 lb.
8.5 lb.
17 16.
(3) The commander of the aircraft shall, if in his opinion it is necessary to do so in the interests of the safety of the aircraft, require my or all of the passengers and crew to be actually weighed for the purpose of the entry to be made in the load sheet.
4. (1) In this regulation--
Minimum weather
"approach to landing" means that portion of the flight of the aircraft conditions- in which it is descending below a height of 1,000 feet above the aircraft
registered in critical height of the relevant minimum for landing:
the Colony.
"critical height" means the minimum beight above the elevation of the actodrome to which an approach to landing can safely be continued without visual reference to the ground;
"minimum weather conditions", in relation to an aerodrome, means the limiting meteorological conditions, and, where appropriate, the critical height, specified for the purpose of determining the con- ditions in which an aircraft cannot safely take off or land, as the case may be, at that aerodrome and the expression "relevant minimum" shall be construed accordingly:
"specified", in relation to an aircraft, means specified in or ascertainable
by reference to the operations manual relating to that aircraft.
(3) In compliance with paragraph (2) of Article 21 of the Order and paragraph (xii) of Part A of the Tenth Schedule thereto, the operator of every aircraft to which that Article applies shall establish and include in the operations manual relating to the aircraft, particulars of minimum weather conditions appropriate to every aerodrome of in- tended departure or landing and every alternate aerodrome:
Provided that, in respect of aerodromes to be used only on a flight which is not a scheduled journey or any part thereof, it shall be sufficient to include in the operations manual data and instructions by means of which the appropriate minimum weather conditions can be calculated by the commander of the aircraft.