Article 61 Application and interpretation of Part 5I1
United Kingdom
Subject to paragraph (2), articles 62 and 63 apply to an aircraft registered in the Territory that is either—
flying on a commercial air transport flight;
operated by an air transport undertaking; or
operated by a person or organisation to which article 132 applies.
Articles 62 and 63 do not apply to an aircraft in flight made only for the purpose of instruction in flying given by or on behalf of a flying club or flying school.
In this Part—
“flight time”, in relation to any person, means all time spent by that person in—
a civil aircraft whether or not registered in the Territory (other than an aircraft of which the maximum total F1mass authorised does not exceed 1600kg and which is not flying for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work); or
a military aircraft;
while it is in flight and the person is carried as a member of the crew; and
a helicopter is deemed to be in flight from the moment the helicopter first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off until the rotors are next stopped.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in art. 61(3)(a)(i) substituted (22.7.2021) by The Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/755), arts. 1(1), 8