S.L. 333.1 Art. 7Exempt flights.

These regulations shall not apply to the following flights:

(1) flights by military aircraft of any State;

(2) flights authorised by a competent Search and Rescue body for search and rescue operations;

(3) flights performed under Visual Flight Rules;

(4) mixed Visual Flight Rules/Instrument Flight Rules flights if the part of the flight in the specified airspace is performed exclusively under Visual Flight Rules;

(5) flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of the reigning Monarch and his/her immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Government Ministers. In all cases, this must be substantiated by the appropriate status indicator or remark on the flight plan;

(6) training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew, and where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark on the flight plan. Flights must be performed solely within the specified airspace and must not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo, nor for positioning or ferrying of the aircraft;

(7) flights performed by aircraft of which the Maximum Take-Off Weight Authorised is less than two metric tons;

(8) flights performed by customs and police aircraft. FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 4(1))

(2) (3) Country Publication in which FIR Unit rate in Euro is described Malta Malta AIP 24.41

SECOND SCHEDULE

(Regulation 5(4))

interest on late payment shall be 9.97 per cent per annum.