Requirement for a load sheetU.K.
124.—(1) Subject to article 126(1) and (2), the person supervising the loading of an aircraft to which this Section applies must—
(a)before the commencement of any such flight, prepare and sign a load sheet in duplicate conforming to the prescribed requirements; and
(b)if not the pilot in command of the aircraft, submit the load sheet for examination by the pilot in command of the aircraft who must sign it.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), one copy of the load sheet—
(a)must be carried in the aircraft when article 229 so requires until the flights to which it relates have been completed; and
(b)together with the loading instructions, must be preserved by the operator for at least six months after the flights and must not be carried in the aircraft.
(3) In the case of—
(a)an aeroplane which has a maximum take-off mass of not more than 2,730kg; or
(b)a helicopter,
if it is not reasonably practicable for the copy of the load sheet to be kept on the ground it may be carried in the aeroplane or helicopter in a container approved by the CAA for that purpose.