559281-1928-Air-Navigation-Colonies-Protectorates-and-Mandated-Territories-Order-1927 — Page 4

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1928.

(v) The prescribed conditions as to the maintenance of airworthiness shall be complied with, and the prescribed certificates as to airworthiness shall be carried in the aircraft;

(vi) The aircraft shall conform to such orders as may be lawfully given in regard to it by officers of Police or of Customs and Excise:

Provided that

(a) Condition (i) shall not apply to the aircraft of those States which have signed but have not ratified the Convention or of the fol- lowing States, that is to say, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Esthonia, Latvia and Monaco or of a State with which a special convention relat- ing to air navigation entered into by or on behalf of His Majesty is for the time being in force, so long as the conditions of the special convention are complied with; and

(b) Conditions (i) and (v) 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 accor- dance 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.

(c) Condition (iv) 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) A fixed balloon shall not be flown within the Colony except with the special permission in writing of the Governor, and subject to any con- ditions that may be attached to such permission, and the Governor may, on the granting of such permission or subsequently, direct that the provisions of this Order or any of them shall not apply to the balloon in question, or shall apply subject to such modifications as he thinks fit.

6. (1) An aircraft carrying passengers for hire or reward shall not Farther use as a regular place of departure or landing any place in the Colony other conditions than a licensed or other aerodrome, approved for the purpose by the Secre-

applicable to

tary of State for Air or the Governor.

(2) A passenger aircraft carrying more than ten passengers and hav- ing to make a continuous flight between two points more than 310 miles apart over land, or a night flight, or a flight between two points more than 124 miles apart over sea, shall have on board a licensed navigator.

passenger aircraft.

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