The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007

Type Acceptance Certificate

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6.—(1) A certificate of airworthiness for an aircraft registered in the Territory shall not be issued in accordance with article 8 unless there is in force a Type Acceptance Certificate issued by the Governor for that aircraft type.

(2) Any person who intends to operate an aircraft to be registered in the Territory of a type for which a Type Acceptance Certificate has not been issued shall apply or cause an application to be made to the Governor for the issue of a Type Acceptance Certificate for that aircraft type in accordance with this article and the published requirements of the Governor.

(3) A Type Acceptance Certificate with respect to an aircraft means a document issued by the Governor on the basis of a Type Certificate issued by a Contracting State acceptable to the Governor.

(4) For the purposes of this article a “Type Certificate” means a document issued by a Contracting State to define the design of an aircraft type and to certify that this design meets the appropriate airworthiness requirements of that State.