559281-1928-Air-Navigation-Colonies-Protectorates-and-Mandated-Territories-Order-1927 — Page 14

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1928.

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(2) Such officer (hereinafter referred to as "the Registrar') shall for the purposes of registra- tion act as the Agent of the Secretary of State for Air and shall follow such instructions from time to time be issued by the Secretary of State for Air. The salary of the Registrar and the expenses of the Sub-Registry shall be paid out of such funds as the Governor may lawfully apply to that purpose.

2. An aircraft shall not be registered in the Colony unless it is owned wholly either

(a) by British subjects or persons under His Majesty's protection or

(b) by a company or corporation

(i) registered and having its principal place of business in His Majesty's dominions; and (ii) whereof the Chairman and at least two-thirds of the Directors are British subjects or

persons under His Majesty's protection:

and no aircraft shall be registered in the Colony which is already validly registered in any foreign State.

3. Application for the registration of an aireralt owned by the applicant may be made in the Colony by a person resident for the time being in the Colony or by a Company incorporated in or doing business in the Colony. Such application shall be made to the Registrar.

4.-(1) The Registrar on receipt of an application for registration of an aircraft in the Colony may, if satisfied that it is in order and complies with all conditions laid down in connection with the registration of aircraft and applicable to it. grant to the applicant a certificate of registration and may assign to the aircraft a registration mark.

(2) If the Registrar has doubts as to whether an application is in order and complies with the conditions as aforesaid, he may refer the matter to the Secretary of State for Air before issuing a certificate.

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(3) If. it should appear to the Registrar that he has issued a certificate in an improper case, may cancel the certificate and shall forthwith report such cancellation to the Secretary of State for Air.

(4) An applicant who is aggrieved by the Registrar's refusal or under this paragraph may appeal to the Secretary of State for Air.

cancellation of a certificate

5. Aircraft registered in the Colony shall be deemed to be registered British Aircraft but the certificate shall indicate that it has been issued in the Sub-Registry of the Colony.

6. The Registrar shall have the power, subject to an appeal to the Secretary of State for Air, to Pending the decision of an appeal, a cancel any certificate of registration issued by him in error. cancellation under this paragraph shall remain in force.

7. In the event of any change in the ownership of an aircraft registered in the Colony, or if an aircraft registered in the Colony ceases to be owned wholly either by persons or by a company or cor- poration fulfilling the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of thus Schedule, then—

(1) The registered owner of the aircraft shall forthwith notify the Registrar or the Secretary of State for Air of such change of ownership or as the case may be that the aircraft has ceased to be so owned as aforesaid; and

(2) The registration and the certificate thereof shall lapse as from the date of such change of ownership or the date on which the aircraft ceased to be so owned.

8. When an aircraft registered in the Colony has been destroyed or permanently withdrawn from use the registered owner shall as soon as possible notify the Registrar or the Secretary of State for Air accordingly, and the registration and the certificate thereof shall lapse as from the date of such notification.

9. Where an aircraft within the Colony is already registered in some other part of His Majesty's dominions or in territories under His Majesty's protection, the Registrar may, at the owner's request, cancel the certificate of such registration and may, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Schedule, issue a fresh certificate for the aircraft from the colonial Sub-Registry and assign it a mark appropriate to the Colony. The Registrar shall forthwith report to the Secretary of State for Air and to the registry of issue, if other than the Air Ministry, that he has endorsed or cancelled a certificate in pursuance of this paragraph and shall give the date and all necessary particulars of such endorsement or cancellation.