Paragraph 4 Period of validity of certificate of test

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch 8, Pt A, Section 1, para 2 am by Air Navigation 2001 arts 2, 12
Sch 8, Pt A, s 3 rev in pt by Air Navigation 2003 art 6
Sch 8, Pt A, s 2 renumbered and am by Air Navigation 2002 arts 2, 9(2)
Sch 8, Pt A am by Air Navigation 2002 arts 2, 3(1), (7)
Sch 8, Pt B am by Air Navigation 2002 arts 2, 3(1), (8), (9)
Sch 8, Pt C am by Air Navigation 2002 arts 2, 3(1), (10)

(a)

(i)

Subject to sub-paragraph (ii), a certificate of test required by article 23(2) of this Order in respect of a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (Balloons) shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 13 months after the date of the test which it certifies and, in respect of any other licence, shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 13 months in Cases A, B and E or more than 6 months in Cases C and D after the date of the test which it certifies.

(ii)

In the case of Cases C and D, 2 certificates of test shall together be deemed to constitute a valid certificate of test if they certify flying tests conducted on 2 occasions within the period of 13 months preceding the flight on which the functions are to be performed, such occasions being separated by an interval of not less than 4 months, and if both certificates are appropriate to those functions.

(b)

(i)

A certificate of test required by article 25(1) of this Order in respect of an instrument meteorological conditions rating (aeroplanes) shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 25 months after the date of the test which it certifies.

(ii)

A certificate of test required by article 25(1) of this Order in respect of an assistant flying instructor’s rating (gyroplanes) and a flying instructor’s rating (gyroplanes) shall not be valid in relation to a flight made more than 3 years after the date of the test which it certifies.