(1) |
This Part applies to— |
(a) |
the registration of aircraft in the Republic; and |
(b) |
the nationality, registration and marking of South African registered aircraft. |
(2) |
This Part does not apply to— |
(a) |
hang-glider or powered versions thereof; |
(b) |
paraglider or powered versions thereof; |
(c) |
unmanned free balloon without a payload; |
[Regulation 47.01.1(2)(c) substituted by regulation 4(a) of Notice No. R. 984, GG 41915, dated 21 September 2018 (Nineteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2018)]
(g) |
foreign registered aircraft; |
(j) |
a meteorological pilot balloon used exclusively for meteorological purposes. |
[Regulation 47.01.1(2)(j) (numbering as per Government Gazette) inserted by regulation 7(a) of Notice No. R. 432, GG 40846, dated 19 May 2017 (Sixteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]
(3) |
As from 1 June 2015, this Part does not apply to subsonic jet aeroplanes for which the application for a type certificate was submitted before 6 October 1977, except for an aeroplane— |
(a) |
requiring a runaway length of 610 m or less at maximum certificated mass for airworthiness; |
(b) |
powered by engines with a bypass ratio of two or more and for which a certificate of airworthiness for the individual aeroplane was first issued before 1 March 1972; |
(c) |
powered by engines with bypass ratio of less than two and for which the application for the type certificate was submitted before 1 January 1969, and for which a certificate of airworthiness for the individual aeroplane was first issued before 1 January 1976; or |
(d) |
that has been fitted with hush-kit that complies with the noise standards prescribed in Chapter 3 of ICAO Annex 16. |