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Addition of new regulation.

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(c) in paragraph (6) by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and sub-

stituting therefor the following-

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"(u) commence or continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome if the runway visual range at that aerodrome, established or determined as aforesaid, is at the time less than the relevant minimum for landing; or”.

The principal regulations are amended by adding, after regulation 10. the following new regulation-

"Acroplanes flying for the purpose of public transport of passengers- Aerodrome facilities for approach to landing and landing.

11. (1) This regulation shall apply to every aeroplane registered in Hong Kong engaging on a flight for the purpose of the public transport of passengers on a scheduled journey and to every aero- plane so registered whose maximum total weight authorized exceeds 12.500 lb. engaging on such a flight otherwise than on a scheduled journey.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) of Article 22 of the Order, the following manning and equipment are prescribed in relation to aerodromes intended to be used for landing or as an alternate aerodrome by aircraft to which this regula- tion applies-

(a) air traffic control service, including the re- porting to aircraft of the current metcoro- logical conditions at the aerodrome:

(b) very high frequency radiotelephony: (c) at least one of the following radio navigation aids, either at the aerodrome or elsewhere. and in either case for the purpose of assisting the pilot in locating the aerodrome and in making an approach to landing there-

(i) radio-direction finding apparatus uti- lizing emissions in the very high frequency band:

(i) a non-directional radio beacon trans- mitting signals in the low or medium fre- quency bands;

(iii) very high frequency omni-directional radio range:

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(iv) radio navigation land forming part of the Docca radio navigation system;

(v) radar equipment.

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It shall be sufficient if the equipment specified in sub- paragraph (c) is provided, even if for the time being it is not in operation.

(3) An aircraft to which this regulation applies shall not land or make an approach to landing at any aerodrome unless services and equipment according with paragraph (2) of this regulation are provided and are in operation at that aerodrome, and can be made use of by that aircraft; and, in the case of the naviga- tion aids specified in sub-sub-paragraphs (1) to (iv) of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2), instructions and procedures for the use of the aid are included in the operations manual. A person shall be deemed not to have contravened the provisions of this paragraph if he proves that-

(a) for the time being use could not be made of the radio navigation aids provided under sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) whether by reason of those aids not being in opera- tion or of the unserviceability of apparatus in the aircraft itself; and

(b) the approach to landing was made in accord- ance with instructions and procedures appro- priate to that circumstance and included in the operations manual.

(4) An aircraft to which this regulation applies shall, without prejudice to the requirements of Article 10 of the Order, be equipped with the apparatus necessary to enable use to be made of at least one of the navigation aids specified in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) and in use for landing at the aerodrome, and in particular the equipment for use with the radio navigation land stations referred to in sub-sub- paragraph (iv) of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) shall include a flight log designed to operate with that equipment and to display on a chart to the pilot at the controls of the aeroplane a continuous and in- stantaneous pictorial plot of the path of the aircraft. Nothing in this paragraph shall require the duplication of any equipment carried in pursuance of any other provision of the Order or of any regulation made thereunder.".