(1) |
This Part applies to registration and marking of aircraft in the Republic. |
(2) |
Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), this Part does not apply to— |
(a) |
a hang-glider or a powered version thereof; |
(b) |
a paraglider or a powered version thereof; |
(c) |
an unmanned free balloon without a payload; |
(h) |
a meteorological pilot balloon used exclusively for meteorological purposes; |
(i) |
a subsonic jet aeroplane for which an application for a type certificate was submitted before 6 October 1977, except for an aeroplane— |
(i) |
requiring a runway length of 610 m or less at MCM for airworthiness; |
(ii) |
powered by engines with a bypass ratio of two or more and for which a certificate of airworthiness was first issued before 1 March 1972; |
(iii) |
powered by engines with bypass ratio of less than two and for which an application for a type certificate was submitted before 1 January 1969, and for which a certificate of airworthiness was first issued before 1 January 1976; or |
(iv) |
that has been fitted with hush-kit that complies with the noise standards prescribed in Chapter 3 Annex 16 to the Convention. |
[Regulation 47.01.1 substituted by regulation 8(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]