Replacement of Fifteenth Schedule to the principal Order.
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12. (1) The Fifteenth Schedule to the principal Order is replaced by the following new Schedule-
Bahamas
Bermuda
"FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE.
Article 76.
TERRITORIES TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES.
British Antarctic Territory
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Cayman Islands
Central and Southern Eine Islands
Falkland Islands (Colony and Dependencies) Fiji
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
Hong Kong
Montserrat
St. Helena and its Dependencies
SL. Vincent
Seychelles
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands".
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply only to the territories mentioned in the Schedule contained in that paragraph and Article 76 of the principal Order shall be construed accordingly.
W. G. AGNEW,
Explanatory Note.
(This Note not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Colonial Air Navigation Order 1961 as previ ously amended. In addition to some minor and drafting amendments, the following changes are made in the Articles and Schedules mentioned below:
(1) The Governor is empowered to register an aircraft in the Colony notwithstanding that it is already registered outside the Colony if he is satisfied that the registration outside the Colony will be cancelled by operation of law when the aircraft becomes registered in the Colony (Article 2(2)})
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(2) The Governor is gived power to prescribe exceptions to the requirement that radio apparatus in aircraft shall always be maintained in serviceable condition (Article 10(4)).
(3) Article 14(3) of the Order requires two pilots to be carried by a flying machine registered in the Colony and flying for the purpose of public transport, if it has a maximum total weight authorized of more than 22,500 lb. The requirement will now apply if the maximum total weight authorized Is 12,500 lb. or more, unless the Governor otherwise prescribes,
(4) From 1st March 1969 the holding of a pilot's licence within the previous six months will no longer be a qualification for acting as pilot in command of an aircraft without being the holder of an appropriate licence in the circumstances described in Article 15(4) (Article 15(4)B)(0)
(3) From 1st March 1969 a new Article 15(8) will provide that if a Colonial licence is endorsed to the effect that the holder does not satisfy the full international standard he is not allowed to fly over foreign territory without permission of the local authorities; a corresponding restriction will be imposed on holders of foreign licences, who will require the Governor's permission for flight over the Colony. This gives effect to Article 40 of the Chicago Convention of 1944.
(6) Separate licences and night ratings will from dates to be appointed by the Governor be introduced for aeroplane pilots and for helicopter and gyroplane pilots, No further flying machine licences can be issued after the coming into force of Article 2(5)(a) of this Order (Article 16(1) and Ninth Schedule).
(7) From dates to be appointed by the Governor the holders of flight crew licences (except a flight radiotelephony operator's licence) are required to hold a medical certificate as part of their licence (Article 16).
(8) From a date to be appointed by the Governor the maximum period of validity for specified types of pilot's licence and for a flight radiotelephony operator's licence will be five years, but the pilot's licence will require a certificate, signed periodically by a person authorized by the Governor, certifying that the holder of the licence has passed a specified flight test or had specified flying experience (Article 16 and Nioth Schedule).
(9) Examinera conducting tests under Article 16(1) or (3) in aircraft not exceeding 12.500 lb. maximum total weight authorized need no longer have the appropriate aircraft rating (Article 15(11))
(10) Only those parts of the operations manual which are relevant to the crew's duties on the fight are required to be carried in the aircraft. Relevant parts must be available to all members of the crew and not only to the fight crew as before (Aniele 21(2X@xii) and (D)).
(11) Power is conferred to prescribe the matters concerning manning and equipment of aerodromes about which the operator of a public transport aircraft must satisfy himself (Article 22).
(12) The period during which records made by flight recorders are required to be preserved is reduced to 30 days (Article 29A(2)).