Article 6 Certificate of airworthiness to be in force
Subject to paragraph (2), an aircraft shall not fly unless there is in force in respect thereof a certificate of airworthiness duly issued or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or the State of the operator, and any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with.
The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to flights, beginning and ending in the Isle of Man without passing over any other country, of—
a glider, if it is not being used for the public transport of passengers or aerial work, other than aerial work which consists of the giving of instruction in flying or the conducting of flying tests in a glider owned or operated by a flying club of which the person giving the instruction or conducting the test and the person receiving the instruction or undergoing the test are both members;
a balloon flying on a private flight;
an aircraft flying in accordance with the A Conditions or the B Conditions; or
an aircraft flying in accordance with a national permit to fly, an EASA permit to fly or a certificate of validation issued by the Department under article 10.
For the purposes of paragraph (1) a certificate of airworthiness—
includes a restricted certificate of airworthiness issued by the Department; and
includes a restricted certificate of airworthiness issued by the competent authority of a State which does not contain a condition restricting the aircraft to flight within the airspace of the issuing State; but
does not include a restricted certificate of airworthiness issued by the competent authority of a State which contains a condition restricting the aircraft to flight within the airspace of the issuing State.
An aircraft registered in the Isle of Man with a certificate of airworthiness shall not fly otherwise than in accordance with any conditions or limitations contained in its flight manual unless otherwise permitted by the Department.