The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021

Part 3 – Airworthiness and equipment of aircraft

6.—(1) In article 24(2)(d), after “permit to fly” insert “or a special flight permit”.

(2) In article 27—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “certificate of airworthiness” insert “for an aircraft registered in the Territory”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “becomes valid again” substitute “comes back into force”.

(3) In article 28—

(a) in the heading, at the end insert “and special flight permit”;

(b) in paragraph (1), for “issue for any aircraft a permit to fly” substitute “issue a permit to fly, for any aircraft registered in the Territory which does not qualify for a Type Acceptance Certificate under article 23,”;

(c) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) The Governor may issue a special permit, for any aircraft registered in the Territory whose certificate of airworthiness has ceased to be in force, if the Governor is satisfied that the aircraft is fit to fly having regard to its airworthiness and any conditions to be attached to the permit.

(1B) The Governor may issue a special permit, for any aircraft registered other than in the Territory whose certificate of airworthiness has ceased to be in force, if the Governor is satisfied that the aircraft is fit to fly, having regard to—

(a) its airworthiness;

(b) any conditions to be attached to the permit; and

(c) any conditions of the competent authority of the State of registry or of the State of the operator of the aircraft, as the case may be.”;

(d) in paragraphs (2) to (8), after “permit to fly”, in each place it occurs, insert “or special flight permit”.

(4) In article 29—

(a) after “permit to fly”, in each place it occurs (including in the heading), insert “or special flight permit”;

(b) in paragraph (b)(i), after “Governor”, insert “or, in the case of any aircraft registered other than in the Territory, by the competent authority of the State of registry or of the State of the operator of the aircraft, as the case may be”;

(c) in paragraph (c), after “purpose”, insert “or, in the case of any aircraft registered other than in the Territory, by the competent authority of the State of registry or of the State of the operator of the aircraft, as the case may be”.

(5) For article 33(8) substitute—

“(8) When exercising the privileges of an aircraft maintenance engineer’s licence, the holder must not be under the influence of any psychoactive substance or any medication which renders the holder unable to safely exercise the privileges of that licence or makes the holder a risk to the safety of any other person.”.