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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 15, 1932.
(2) Any such aircraft not flying on a regular scheduled air service shall not fly unless within the seven days next before it last left its ordinary station of operations it has been inspected and certified as safe for flight in accordance with this paragraph.
(3) An inspection under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be carried out by a ground engineer licensed for the purpose, and an inspection under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall be carried out by such a ground engineer, or by a person authorised by the Director of Air Services for the purpose, and shall in all instances be in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 47.
A person authorised by the Director of Air Services for the purpose of carrying out an inspection under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall possess qualifications not lower than those required for the issue of Ground Engineer's Licences (Categories A or C, or both see paragraph 33) that is to say, if he is authorised to carry out an inspection of all or certain aircraft (as the case may be) before flight, he must possess all or certain of the qualifications (as the circumstances of the case may require) required for a licence in Category A, and, if he is authorised to carry out an inspection of all or certain aero-engines (as the case may be) before flight, he must possess all or certain of the qualifications (as the circumstances of the case may require) required for a licence in Category C, and, if he is authorised to carry out both an inspection of all or certain aircraft before flight, and an inspection of all or certain aero-engines before flight, he must possess all or certain of the qualifications (as the circumstances of the case may require) required for both licence in Category A and a licence in Category C.
(4) If the result of the inspection is satisfactory a certificate under this paragraph in the form set out in paragraph 48 stating that the aircraft is safe for flight shall be signed in duplicate by the person who has carried out the inspection.
(5) A period of twenty-four hours or seven days (as the case may be) for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph shall be reckoned from the time stated in the certificate as the time when the inspection was completed.
45. Of the copies of any such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph 44 (4) one copy shall, if the certificate was issued by a person in the employment of the owner of the aircraft, be retained by the owner, and if not issued by such a person be sent by the pilot to the owner, and shall in either case be kept by the owner for six months from the date of the certificate and the duplicate copy shall be carried in the journey log-book of the aircraft until a fresh certificate under the said paragraph is issued and then sent by the pilot to the owner to be kept by him until the expiration of the said period of six months.
ALL AIRCRAFT.
46.-(1) The pilot of every British aircraft registered in the Colony shall satisfy himself before commencing any flight that--
(a) the aircraft is equipped with the prescribed instruments;
(b) the aircraft and its instruments and equipment are fit in every way for the
proposed flight;
(c) the aircraft is so loaded as to comply with the conditions laid down in the
certificate of airworthiness;
(d) the view of the pilot is not interfered with by any obstruction not forming
part of the structure of the aircraft; and
(e) sufficient fuel, oil, and water are carried for the proposed flight.
(2) In the case of an aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward, the pilot shall, before commencing any flight, sign in duplicate a certificate in the form set out in paragraph 49.
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