Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:4:p100
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 100/105)
Character Range: 917204–919987

assignment and change of registration marks

47.139  Application of Subpart 47.G
  This Subpart applies in relation to an aircraft required to be registered under Division 47.C.1.
Note: See regulation 47.058.

47.140  Meaning of aircraft for Subpart 47.G
  In this Subpart:
aircraft includes an aircraft that:
 (a) has not yet been built; or
 (b) is being built.

47.145  Reservation of registration mark
 (1) The owner of an aircraft may ask CASA, in writing, to reserve a particular registration mark for the aircraft, whether or not the aircraft is registered.
 (2) The request must be in an approved form and identify the aircraft.
 (3) On receiving a request, CASA must reserve the registration mark for the aircraft unless, under regulation 47.155, the mark must not be reserved for an aircraft.
Note: About registration marks generally: see Part 45.
 (4) The reservation lapses if, 12 months after the day on which the registration mark was reserved, the aircraft is not registered and using the reserved mark.
 (5) In subregulation (1), owner includes a person acting on behalf of, and at the direction or request of, the owner.

47.150  Assignment of registration mark
  If a person applies for the registration of an aircraft, and:
 (a) CASA has not reserved a registration mark for the aircraft under regulation 47.145; or
 (b) the reservation of a registration mark for the aircraft has lapsed;
CASA must assign a registration mark to the aircraft before registering the aircraft.

47.155  Marks that must not be reserved or assigned
  The following registration marks must not be reserved for, or assigned to, an aircraft:
 (a) the registration mark of an Australian aircraft;
 (b) a registration mark that has been reserved for an aircraft under regulation 47.145;
 (c) a mark that has been assigned to a dealer;
 (d) a mark that might be confused with any 5‑letter combination used in Part II of the International Code of Signals;
 (e) a mark that might be confused with any 3‑letter combination beginning with Q used in the Q Code;
 (f) a mark that might be confused with the distress signal SOS;
 (g) a mark that might be confused with an urgency or safety signal.
Examples: Of urgency or safety signals
 XXX, PAN and TTT.

47.160  Assigning reserved registration mark to unregistered aircraft
  If the owner of an unregistered aircraft:
 (a) reserves a registration mark for the aircraft; and
 (b) makes an application that complies with regulation 47.060 for registration of the aircraft;
CASA must, when it registers the aircraft, give the applicant a certificate of registration showing the reserved mark.

47.165  Change of registration mark
 (1) If the registration holder of a registered aircraft has reserved a registration mark (the reserved mark) for the