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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight Rules

Subpart 10 : CORSIA

91.10.2 Attribution of an aeroplane operator to the Republic

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(1)	An aeroplane operator with international flights shall be identified and considered attributed to the Republic if an aeroplane operator—

(a)	has an ICAO designator;

(b)	has a valid AOC, or equivalent, issued by the Director;

(c)	is registered as a juristic person, or

(d)	is a natural person with resident status in the Republic.

[Regulation 91.10.2(1) substituted by regulation 11(r) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]

(2)	If an aeroplane operator changes its attributes and is attributed to a new State but has not established a new entity or a subsidiary, then that new State shall become the State to which an aeroplane operator fulfills its requirements under this Subpart at the start of the next compliance period.

(3)	An aeroplane operator and its wholly owned subsidiary aircraft operator may be treated as a single consolidated aeroplane operator liable for compliance with the requirements of this Subpart subject to the approval a royal of the Director.

(4)	An EMP of an aeroplane operator with a wholly owned subsidiary aeroplane operator shall be accompanied by documentary proof of ownership of that subsidiary aeroplane operator.

(5)	An aeroplane operator shall engage with the Authority as soon as possible in cases where an aeroplane operator falls within the scope of regulation 91.10.1 for the first time after 1 January 2021, without qualifying as a new entrant near the end of a year, or at the beginning of year y+1.

[Regulation 91.10.2(5) inserted by section 8(f) of the Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]