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App. 11

Air Transport (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations.

[1969 Ed.

Period licences

remain in force.

Provisional licences pending determination of application.

Provisional

licences

authorizing

continuation of service.

(a) the existence of other air services in the area through

which the proposed services are to be operated;

(b) the demand for air transport in that area;

(c) the degree of efficiency and regularity of the air services, if any, already provided in that area, whether by the applicant or by other operators;

(d) the period for which such services have been operated

by the applicant or by other operators;

(e) the extent to which it is probable that the applicant will be able to provide a satisfactory service in respect of safety, continuity, regularity of operation, frequency, punctuality, reasonableness of charges, and general efficiency;

(f) the financial resources of the applicant;

(g) the type of aircraft proposed to be used;

(h) the remuneration and general conditions of employment of aircrew and other personnel employed by the appli- cant,

and the Licensing Authority shall take into consideration any objections or representations duly made in accordance with the provision of these regulations.

12. The Licensing Authority may grant licences to remain in force for such period, not exceeding five years, as they may in each case determine; commencing on the date on which the licence is expressed to take effect:

Provided that if, on the date of the expiration of a licence, an application to the Licensing Authority is pending for the grant of a new licence in substitution for an existing licence held by the applicant, the existing licence shall continue in force until the application is granted or refused.

13. The Licensing Authority may if they think fit, pending the determination of an application for a licence, grant to the applicant a provisional licence which shall remain in force until the application is determined.

14. Where a person has, within one month of the date when the provisions of these regulations as to applications for licences come into operation, duly applied for a licence authorizing him to perform such journeys as may be necessary to enable him to continue to operate any air service and satisfies the Licensing Authority that he was immediately before that date operating that service the Licensing Authority shall grant to the applicant a provisional licence authorizing him to continue to operate that service and such provisional licence shall remain in force-

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