Cap. 503 Art. 56Powers to make regulations.

In addition to the matters on which the Minister is empowered to prescribe rules under the provisions of this Act, the

Minister shall additionally have the power to make regulations to regulate the following matters:

(a) the registration of any aircraft, including matters relating to nationality and marking as well as eligibility to register the same or to remain the registrant thereof and to establish rules applicable to cases where the ownership is held by, or for the benefit of, more than one person;

(b) the registration of aircraft under construction;

(c) the conditions of any temporary title to an aircraft in the context of registration thereof;

(d) fractional ownership and all matters related thereto;

(e) forms, fees, declarations and undertakings and ancillary matters relating to registration of aircraft, mortgages and other rights over aircraft or parts thereof;

(f) the registration of foreign law security interests in the register and the rules applicable thereto including forms, fees and other matters;

(g) proceedings for damages;

(h) the classification of aircraft, nationality, and registration marks of aircraft registered in Malta;

(i) the operation of security granted to secure future debts;

(j) the regulation of agreements constituting security, other than mortgages, over or in relation to aircraft as well as registration or enforcement thereof and ancillary matters relating thereto;

(k) the establishment, operation and expansion of aviation undertakings of any legal form or purpose by the introduction of incentives, schemes and other facilitations;

(l) the recognition of rights in aircraft components;

(m) the introduction of penalties for non-observance of the provision of this Act;

(n) the definition of aircraft for the purposes of this Act and for the purposes of the applicability or interpretation of any other law;

(o) the requirements for registration, the conditions for operation and generally the regulation of aircraft when used for peacekeeping operations or humanitarian purposes, even if configured as military or state aircraft;

(p) the registration, operation or any matter related to unmanned aerial systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aerial systems or any other similar system or vehicle; and

(q) any other matter which may be further regulated for the better implementation of the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Minister may by regulations amend any of the provisions of the Schedules to this Act, other than the provisions of the First Schedule.