Cap. 503 Art. 5Registrants of aircraft to be operators of aircraft.

(1) An aircraft may be registered in the Malta Aircraft

Register by any person referred to in article 6, upon satisfying such requirements as are prescribed by this Act or as may be further prescribed by regulations, and who may be:

(a) an owner of the aircraft who operates the said aircraft; or

(b) an owner of an aircraft under construction or temporarily not being operated or managed; or

(c) an operator of an aircraft under a temporary title which satisfies the conditions which may be prescribed; or

(d) a buyer of an aircraft under a conditional sale or title reservation or similar agreement which satisfies the conditions which may be prescribed and who is authorised thereunder to operate the aircraft.

(2) For the purposes of sub-article (1)(c) and (d), the Director General shall exercise his discretion as to whether the operator’s agreement qualifies to register an aircraft thereunder. The information and documents which are to be provided to the Director General as evidence of the right to operate the aircraft may be prescribed from time to time.

(3) Where the applicant for registration of an aircraft is a person enjoying a temporary title, whether or not an unqualified person holds any interest therein by way of ownership, the aircraft may be registered in the name of that person upon the Director General being satisfied that the aircraft may otherwise be properly so registered, and, subject to the provisions of this article, the aircraft may remain so registered for the duration of the temporary title.