Cap. 641 Art. 23Aircraft equipment.

(1) An aircraft shall not fly over Malta unless it is so equipped as to comply with the law of the country in which it is registered, and to enable communications, navigation, search, rescue and recovery, lights and markings to be displayed, and signals to be made, in accordance with this Act and any specific requirement issued by the Directorate under article 5.

(2) In any particular case the Director General may direct that an aircraft registered in Malta shall carry such additional or special equipment or supply as he may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations, or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.

(3) The Director General may, in respect of an aircraft registered in Malta, ask the operator of that aircraft to furnish him with an equipment list that shall contain a description of all the equipment necessary for the operation of an aircraft under this Act.

(4) The Director General may reassess the equipment list provided in terms of sub-article (3) and this shall place the operator under the obligation of rectifying, repairing, or replacing any equipment set forth on the equipment list, in a manner that is acceptable to the Director General.

(5) Regulatory instruments issued under article 5 shall indicate in a comprehensive manner which equipment, radio equipment and navigation equipment an aircraft or class of aircraft shall possess in order to qualify as airworthy.

(6) The Director General may permit any aircraft or class of aircraft to which this article applies to commence a flight in specified circumstances, even though a specified item of equipment which shall, by or under this Act, be carried in the circumstances of the intended flight, is not carried or is not operational.