Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) (Amendment) Order, 1953.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) (Amendment) Order, 1953.
(2) The Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1951 ), and this Order may be cited together as the Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) Orders, 1951 and 1953.
(3) This Order shall come into force on the first day of December, 1953.
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paragraphs: In this Order the expression " the Principal Order " means the Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) Order, 1951.
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paragraphs: The Principal Order is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
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paragraphs: In Article 2, for the definition of " night " there shall be substituted :—
" ' night ' means the hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, or such other period as may be specified by the appropriate authority. In or over the State, ' night ' shall be deemed to be, during the period of summer time, the time between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, and, during the remainder of the year, the time between half-an-hour after sunset and half-an-hour before sunrise."
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paragraphs: In Article 12, there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph (4):—
" or of the Air Navigation (Operations) Order, 1953 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1953 )."
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paragraphs: In Article 13—
(a) for "35" in both places where that figure occurs opposite the reference to student and private pilots' licences there shall be substituted the figure " 40 " ;
(b) for the reference to commercial glider, commercial, senior commercial and airline transport pilots' licences and the period of 6 months shown opposite thereto there shall be substituted the following :—
" Commercial glider pilot's licence
Commercial pilot's licence
If the applicant's age is under 40 years, 12 months.
If the applicant's age is over 40 years, 6 months.
Senior commercial pilot's licence
Airline transport pilot's licence
6 months."
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paragraphs: In Article 16—
(a) the existing provision shall form the subject of a paragraph numbered "(1)" ;
(b) after the words "additional rating" in the fourth line there shall be inserted the following words—
"or give to any person flying or about to fly as pilot in command of an aircraft for the purpose of becoming so qualified any direction in relation to such instruction" ;
(c) before the word "type" in the fourth line of subparagraph (a) there shall be inserted the words "class or" ;
(d) there shall be added the following paragraph—
" (2) In this Article, the expression "flight instructor rating" includes a flight instructor rating class I and a flight instructor rating class II, provided that—
(a) the holder of a flight instructor rating class II may exercise the privileges of his rating only under the direction of the holder of a flight instructor rating class I ;
(b) no direction in relation to a student pilot's first solo flight or first solo cross-country flight shall be given by the holder of a flight instructor rating class II ;
(c) the holder of a flight instructor rating may act in that capacity only to the extent to which he is entitled so to act by virtue of the privileges and limitations appropriate to the class of flight instructor rating which he holds as set out in paragraph (8) of Article 43 of this Order."
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paragraphs: In Article 17, paragraph (1) for the words " satisfying the requirements for the grant of such rating as set out in Part VII of Schedule I hereto " there shall be substituted the following words—