Minimum Age—17 years
No Maximum Period of Validity
Privileges:
Subject to paragraph (2), the holder of the licence shall be entitled to fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of any helicopter of a type specified in an aircraft rating included in the licence.
He shall not fly such a helicopter for the purpose of public transport or aerial work other than aerial work which consists of:
the giving of instruction in flying if his licence includes a flying instructor’s rating, flight instructor rating or an assistant flying instructor’s rating; or
the conducting of flying tests for the purposes of this Order;
in either case in a helicopter owned, or operated under arrangements entered into, 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.
He shall not receive any remuneration for his services as a pilot on a flight other than remuneration for the giving of such instruction or the conducting of such flying tests as are specified in sub-paragraph (a).
He shall not fly as pilot in command of such a helicopter at night unless:
prior to 1st July 2000, his licence includes a night rating (helicopters) or a night qualification (helicopter) and either also includes an instrument rating (helicopter) or he has within the immediately preceding 13 months carried out as pilot in command not less than 5 take offs and 5 landings at a time when the depression of the centre of the sun was not less than 12° below the horizon; or
on and after 1st July 2000 his licence includes a night rating (helicopters) or a night qualification (helicopter).
He shall not unless his licence includes an instrument rating (helicopter) fly as pilot in command or co-pilot of such a helicopter flying in Class A, B or C airspace in circumstances which require compliance with the Instrument Flight Rules.
On and after 1st July 2000, he shall not fly as pilot in command of such a helicopter carrying passengers unless:
within the preceding 90 days he has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type; or
if the privileges are to be exercised by night and his licence does not include an instrument rating, within the preceding 90 days he has made three circuits, each to include take-offs and landings by night as the sole manipulator of the controls of a helicopter of the same type.