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(i) fan applicant who does not satisfy the appropriate medical requirements may, at the discretion of the Director, be nccepted as eligible for the grant or renewal of a licence so far as medical requirements are concerned. Any licence granted or renewed in accordance with this proviso may be made subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Director may consider appropriate in the particular

case;

() if an applicant for the renewal of a licence is for the time being on duty as a member of the operating crew of an aircraft in a region distant from official medical centres the medical examination which he should normally pass to obtain renewal of the licence mar exceptionally, the discretion of the Director,-

(a) be deferred once for a period of six months in the case of a member of the operating crew of a private aircraft; or

(b) be deferred for two consecutive periods of three months cach in the case of a member of the operating crew of a public transport or aerial work aircraft, un condition that the applicant obtains locally on each occasion a satisfactory medical certificate after having been examinèd by a qualified medical officer.

192. The medical examinations, excepting, however, the examination referred to in proviso (ii) to regulation 191, shall be carried out as follows-

(u) in the case of a student or private pilot's licence (fying machines) or a private pilot's licence (balloons), the examination shall be carried out by a duly qualified medical practitioner, who may be the applicant's usual medical attendant. It shall be conducted in accordance with Form C.A. 541 (Initial Examination) or Form C.A. 542 (Renewal Examination), and a copy of the appro- priate form, completed as required, shall be forwarded by the medical examiner to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong (by whom copies of the forms will be sup- plied on request);

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(b) in the case of a commercial pilot's licence (flying machines), a senior commercial pilot's licence (fying machines), an airline transport pilot's licence (flying machines), a flight navigator's licence, a flight engineer's licence, a commercial pilot's licence (soaring gliders), a commercial pilot's licence (trailing gliders), a commercial pilot's licence (balloons), and an airship pilot's licence, third class. second class or first class, the medical examination shall be conducted by specially qualified medical officers appointed by or acting under the authority of the Governor. Applications for examination should be made to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kang, 193. Every applicant who presents himself for medical examination for the grant or renewal of a licence shall be required to furnish to the medical examiner a declaration signed by him stating whether he has previously undergone such medical examination and, if so, where, when and with what result. A false declaration may entail the cancellation of any licence granted or renewed as a result of the examination.

194. TỪ the holder of a licence is aware, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, that his physical, aural or eye condition has deteriorated in any respect, even if only temporarily as the result of a common minar ailment, so that it may be below the standard of medical fitness required for the grant of such a licence, he shall not act in any capacity for which he is so licensed until he is satisfied that his condition has been restored to the required standard.

195. (1) I( the holder of a licence

(a) suffers any personal injury as the result of an accident occuring while he is acting in any capacity for which he is licensed;

(b) suffers any personal injury involving incapacity for work as the result of an accident occurring otherwise than while he is acting in any capacity for which he is licensed; (c) suffers from any illness involving incapacity for work

during twenty days or more;

he shall send muxification of the occurrence, in writing, to the Department of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong, as soon as possible in the case of accident and, in the case of illness, as soon as the period of twenty days has elapsed.