enabling me in that behalf, I, the Right Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, by order make the following regulations:

General Conditions of Flying.

1. No aircraft shall fly within the limits of the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto unless the following conditions are complied with:

(1.) The aircraft shall be registered in the prescribed

manner.

(2.) The aircraft shall bear the prescribed registration and nationality marks, affixed or painted on the aircraft in the prescribed manner.

(3.) The personnel of the aircraft shall be licensed in the prescribed manner.

(4.) There shall be carried in the aircraft

(a.) The certificate of registration; and

(b.) The licence of any member of the personnel who is required to be licensed.

(5.) The provisions of these regulations as to general safety, and the rules as to lights and signals and rules of the air, as set out in these regulations, shall be duly complied with.

(6.) No mails shall be carried without the consent in writing of the Postmaster-General, and no wireless apparatus shall be installed or worked except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Postmaster-General, containing such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of State.

(7.)* The aircraft shall not fly over any prohibited area as defined by these regulations.

Provided that

(a.) The requirements of this regulation as to registration and as to the bearing of registration and nationality marks, shall not apply to aircraft built for the purpose of experiment, and flown for the purpose of experiment or test only, within 3 miles of an. aerodrome or aircraft factory or in accordance with such directions (if any) as may be given by the Secretary of State; and

of

(b.) The requirements of this regulation as to licensing personnel shall not apply within the precincts of an aerodrome in the case of personnel under instruction or of aircraft flying for experimental purposes.

Additional Conditions in Certain Cases.

2. Without prejudice to the last foregoing regulation(1) A passenger aircraft carrying passengers shall not(a.) Fly within the limits aforesaid unless it has been * Amended by Order dated November 17, 1919, see page 628 [cxII]

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certified in the prescribed manner as airworthy, and the prescribed conditions as to airworthiness, periodical overhaul, and examination before each flight are complied with, and all the prescribed certificates in relation to airworthiness are carried in the aircraft; or

(b.) Use as a regular place of departure or place of landing any place other than a licensed aerodrome, or a Royal Air Force aerodrome or aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State approved for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

(2.) A passenger or goods aircraft shall not fly within the limits aforesaid unless there are carried in the aircraft the prescribed log-books, accurately kept up-to-date in the prescribed form and manner.

(3.) An aircraft arriving in or departing from the United Kingdom shall comply with the provisions of these regulations applicable to such a case.

Reference to Schedules.

3.-(1.) The provisions in the schedules to these regulations shall have effect as part of these regulations, and shall be duly observed by all persons concerned in the cases to which they relate, that is to say:-

Schedule.

Subject matter.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.
VIII.

Registration of aircraft.

Licensing of personnel.

Certificates of airworthiness for passenger aircraft, and periodical overhaul and examination of such aircraft. Registration and nationality marks.

Log-book.

Prohibited areas.

Rules as to lights and signals and rules of the air.
Rules as to aircraft arriving in or departing from the
United Kingdom.

(2.) The Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, issue directions for the purpose of supplementing or giving full effect to the provisions of the above schedules, or for any purpose for which provision is under these regulations to be made by direction of the Secretary of State.

Aerodromes.

4.-(1.) No place in the British Islands shall be used as an aerodrome or as a regular place of landing or departure by passenger aircraft carrying passengers, unless it has been

licensed for the purpose by the Secretary of State, and any conditions of such licence are complied with.

(2.) There shall be kept exhibited in a conspicuous place at all aerodromes used for the landing or departure of passenger or goods aircraft, a tariff of charges in such form and on such scale as may be directed or approved by the Secretary of State.

(3.) In the case of any contravention of or failure to comply with this regulation, the proprietor of the aerodrome shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of or, as the case may be, failed to comply with these regulations.

(4.) This regulation shall not apply to Royal Air Force aerodromes or aerodromes under the control of the Secretary of State, the use of which has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State: provided that any directions of the Secretary of State as to the use of such aerodromes are complied with.

General Safety Provisions.

5.-(1.) An aircraft shall not fly over any city or town except at such altitude as will enable the aircraft to land outside the city or town should the means of propulsion fail through mechanical breakdown or other cause:

Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any area comprised within a circle with a radius of one mile from the centre of a licensed aerodrome or of a Royal Air Force aerodrome, or of an aerodrome under the control of the Secretary of State.

(2.) No person in any aircraft shall—

(a.) Carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any city or town area or populous district; or

(b.) Carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any regatta, race meeting, or meeting for public games or sports, except where specially arranged for in writing by the promoters of such regatta or meeting; or

(c.) Carry out any flying which by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings is dangerous to public safety; or

(d.) Drop or cause or permit to be dropped from the aircraft any article except ballast as authorised by the rules of the air as set out in these regulations.

Production of Licences, Certificates and Log-books for

Inspection.

6.-(1.) Any member of the personnel of an aircraft shall on demand produce his licence for the inspection of any person authorised for the purpose by the Secretary of State.

(2.) The owner and person in charge of any aircraft shall, on demand, produce for the inspection of any person authorised for the purpose by the Secretary of State, any certificates or licences relating to the aircraft, and also, in the case of passenger or goods aircraft, any of the prescribed log-books.

Right of Inspection of and Access to Aerodromes and
Factories.

7.-(1.) Any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purpose shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting the same, or to any place to which access is necessary for the purpose of carrying out his powers and duties under these regulations.

(2.) All aircraft belonging to or employed in the service of His Majesty shall have at all reasonable times the right of access to any licensed aerodrome.

(3.) During the construction of a passenger aircraft any person authorised by the Secretary of State shall at all times during working hours have the right of access, for purposes of inspection, to that portion of the shops in which parts are being manufactured or assembled, and to drawings of the parts under inspection, whether at the works of the main contractor or of sub-contractors.

Exceptions.

8. These regulations do not (except where otherwise expressly stated) apply

(a.) To military aircraft belonging to or employed in the service of His Majesty; or

(b.) To any aircraft or to any persons if and to such extent as such aircraft or persons may be excepted from these regulations, or any of them, by direction of the Secretary of State on the recommendation of a Government Department.

Foreign Aircraft.

9. The provisions of these regulations as to(a.) Registration of aircraft;

(b.) Licensing of personnel;

(c.) Airworthiness;

(d.) Log-books; and

(e.) Wireless apparatus;

shall not apply to foreign aircraft.

Provided that

(i.) No foreign military aircraft shall fly over or land in the British Islands or the territorial waters adjacent thereto except on the express invitation or with the express permission of His Majesty or of a Government Department, but any such aircraft landing on such invitation or with such permission shall be exempt from these regulations to such extent and on such conditions as may be specified in the invitation or permission; and

(ii.) Where any foreign aircraft, after first landing in the British Islands, flies over any part thereof except in such manner as may be necessary in order to proceed to a foreign destination, all the provisions of these regulations shall apply to that aircraft, unless there are carried in the aircraft, and produced for inspection as and when required by the Secretary of State, certificates, licences, and log-books issued by the responsible authority in the country to which the aircraft belongs, complying substantially with the provisions of these regulations, and unless (in the case of a passenger aircraft) the conditions of the aircraft from the point of view of the safety of the passengers and personnel correspond substantially with the particulars contained in the certificates produced.

Penalties.

10.-(1.) Where any aircraft flies in contravention of, or fails to comply with, these regulations or any provision thereof, the owner of the aircraft, and also the pilot or commander, shall be deemed to have contravened or, as the case may be, failed to comply with these regulations:

Provided that it shall be a good defence to any proceedings for contravention or failure to comply with these regulations if the contravention or failure is proved to have been due to stress of weather or other unavoidable cause.

(2.) If any person obstructs or impedes any person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State in the exercise of his powers and duties under these regulations, such first-mentioned person shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of these regulations.

(3.) Any person contravening or failing to comply with these regulations or any provision thereof is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding 2001., or to both such imprisonment and fine.

(4.) Any aircraft which flies or attempts to fly over a prohibited area is liable to be fired on in accordance with [cxII} 2 P