Article 15 Equipment of aircraft

(1)

An aircraft shall not fly unless it is so equipped as to—

(a)

comply with the law of the country in which it is registered or the State of the operator; and

(b)

enable lights and markings to be displayed; and

(c)

enable signals to be made;

in accordance with this Order and any regulations made hereunder.

(2)

In the case of any aircraft registered in the Territory the equipment to be provided (in addition to any other equipment required by or under this Order) shall—

(a)

be that specified in Schedule 4 as applicable to the purpose and the circumstances of the flight;

(b)

comply with the provisions of that Schedule;

(c)

be of a type approved by the Governor either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or in relation to that aircraft; and

(d)

be installed in a manner so approved.

(3)

In any particular case or class of cases the Governor may give instructions that an aircraft registered in the Territory shall carry such additional equipment or supplies (including radio equipment) as he may specify for the purpose of—

(a)

facilitating the navigation of the aircraft; or

(b)

the carrying out of search and rescue operations; or

(c)

securing the safety and the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.

(4)

The equipment carried in compliance with this article shall be installed or stowed and kept stowed, and maintained and adjusted so as to be readily accessible and capable of being used by the person for whose use it is intended.

(5)

The position of equipment provided for emergency use shall be indicated by clear markings in or on the aircraft.

(6)

In every commercial air transport aircraft registered in the Territory there shall be provided individually for each passenger or, if the Governor so permits in writing, exhibited in a prominent position in every passenger compartment, a notice which complies with paragraph (7).

(7)

A notice complies with this paragraph if it—

(a)

is relevant to the aircraft in question;

(b)

contains pictorial instructions on the brace position to be adopted in the event of an emergency landing;

(c)

contains pictorial instructions on the method of use of the safety belts and safety harnesses as appropriate;

(d)

contains pictorial information as to where emergency exits are to be found and instructions as to how they are to be used;

(e)

contains pictorial information as to where the lifejackets, escape slides, liferafts and oxygen masks, if required to be provided by paragraph (2) or paragraph (3), are to be found and instructions as to how they are to be used.

(8)

All equipment installed or carried in an aircraft, whether or not in compliance with this article, shall he installed or stowed and maintained and adjusted so as not to be a source of danger in itself or to impair the airworthiness of the aircraft or the proper functioning of any equipment or services necessary for the safety of the aircraft.