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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1928.

(ii) The aircraft shall be certified as airworthy in the prescribed man- ner, and any terms or conditions on or subject to which the certificate of airworthiness was granted shall be duly complied with;

(iii) The personnel of the aircraft shall be provided with the prescrib-

ed certificates of competency and licences;

(iv) There shall be carried in the aircraft the prescribed documents and journey log-book kept up to date in the prescribed form and manner :

Provided that :—

(a) Conditions (i), (ii) and (iv) shall not apply to aircraft flown for the purpose of experiment or test only, within three miles of a licensed aerodrome, a Royal Air Force aerodrome, an aero- drome under the control of the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor, or an aircraft factory, or to aircraft flown in accord- ance with directions or special permission in writing given by the Governor under this Article, and subject to any conditions or limitations which may be laid down in such directions or per- mission.

(b) Condition (iii) shall not apply in the case of candidates under- going official tests for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or within three miles of a licensed aerodrome, a Royal Air Force aerodrome, or an aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State for Air or the Governor, in the case of personnel whilst under instruction, or whilst engaged in a flight, in accordance with such directions as aforesaid, for the purpose of becoming eligible for the issue of a licence.

(2) In this article "prescribed, in relation to aircraft other than British aircraft registered in the Colony; means prescribed by the law of the State on whose register the aircraft is entered and in relation to British aircraft registered in the Colony has the meaning assigned to it by article. 31 of this Order.

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Further

conditions of

5.--(1) Save as hereinafter expressly provided, an aircraft shall not fly flying within the within the Colony unless the following further conditions are complied

with:-

Colony.

(i) The aircraft shall possess the nationality of a contracting State; (ii) The provisions of this Order as to general safety, and as to the dropping of articles from aircraft, shall be duly complied with; (iii) The aircraft shall not land in any prohibited area as defined in this Order and shall not fly over any such area at a lower al- titude than 6,000 feet or if the proclamation whereby the pro- hibited area is established so provides, at any higher altitude;

(iv) Such members of the personnel of the aircraft as are British sub- jects shall be provided with certificates of competency and licences issued or rendered valid by a duly competent authority within His Majesty's dominions;