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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 24 : Airworthiness Standards: Non-Type Certificated Aircraft

Subpart 2 : Authority to Fly, Proving Flight Authority and Special Flight Permit

24.02.9 Transferability

 

(1) Although a proving flight authority or an authority to fly may be transferred in the name of a new owner, the aircraft may be re-registered in the new owner's name only—
(a) if all documents related to the airworthiness of the aircraft, including reports related to proving flights and the aircraft's logbooks, have been handed over to the new owner; or
(b) if the provisions of paragraph (a) have not or cannot been met, an inspection equivalent to an annual inspection has been carried out by a suitably qualified person other than the original owner, and the aircraft has been certified to be airworthy.

 

(2) After the transfer of a proving flight authority, the provisions of regulation 24.02.3(6) to (17) shall apply with the necessary changes.

 

(3) The Director, or if applicable, the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be, shall determine the conditions for the continuation of the proving flights by or on behalf of the new owner, which conditions may include the instruction that the proving flights shall be commenced anew.

 

(4) The provisions of Part 47 of these Regulations shall apply with the necessary changes in respect of an application for the re-registration of an aircraft following a change of ownership.