Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
R 385
Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 62 : National Pilot LicensingSubpart 1 : General62.01.10 Medical fitness |
| (1) | An applicant for, or holder of, a national pilot licence shall hold an appropriate valid medical certificate issued in terms of Part 67, and he or she shall submit a copy thereof to the Director or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case maybe. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), where a national pilot licence is (to be) endorsed only for the category hang-glider or paraglider, its holder shall complete and submit instead a medical fitness certificate, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 62. |
| (3) | The medical fitness certificate, prescribed in subregulation (2), shall not be older than three months when submitted. |
| (4) | A new medical fitness certificate, as prescribed in subregulation (2), shall be submitted annually together with the annual currency fee as prescribed in regulation 62.01.19. |
| (5) | The provisions of subregulations (2) to (4) shall not apply in the case of the applicant or the licence holder being the holder of any valid medical certificate issued in terms of Part 67. |
| (6) | The holder of a national pilot licence issued in terms of this Part shall— |
| (a) | not exercise the privileges of that licence— |
| (i) | unless that person— |
| (aa) | holds an appropriate valid medical certificate or medical fitness certificate, as the case may be; and |
| (bb) | complies with all medical endorsements on that medical certificate or medical fitness certificate; |
| (ii) | while he or she is aware of having a medical deficiency that would make him or her unable to meet the medical standards for his or her medical certificate or medical fitness certificate, until he or she has been assessed medically fit again by an aviation medical examiner designated in terms of Part 67 (in the case of the holder of a medical certificate, referred to in subregulation (1)), or by a general medical practitioner (in the case of the holder of a medical fitness certificate, referred to in subregulation (2)). |
