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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 47 : Registration and Marking

Subpart 1 : General

47.01.1 Applicability

 

(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)]

(d) captive balloon;
(e) kite;
(f) model aircraft;
(g) foreign registered aircraft;
(h) parachutes; or
(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.