Civil Avianon (Joint Aviation Requirements) Order, 1998

SupplimenJ taJ.(]auetta tal-Gvern la' Malta. Nru. 16.657. 21 ra' Awissu, 1998

L.N. 203 of 1998

CIVIL AVIATION ACT

(CAP. 232)

Civil Avianon (Joint Aviation Requirements) Order, 1998

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Civil

Aviation Act, the Minister for Transport and Ports has made the

following order:-

(1) This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Joint Ci. . . . . .

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Aviation Requirements) Order, 1998.

(2)

This Order shall come into force as follows:-

The technical requirements and procedures set out in the JARs

listed in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force as Maltese law

from the 1st January. 1999 or from the applicability date stated in the

panicuJar JAR itself. whichever is the later

Provided that the Director may require aircraft and products to be

certified to other acceptable airworthiness codes that he may specify if

such aircraft and products were never certified under JARs at the time

of application for cenification or use in Malta;

Provided further that the Minister may grant exemptions from

compliance with any particular provisions of these JARs.

Definitions and Abbreviations

Cenification and Procedures for Aircraft, Products and Related Parts

Sailplanes and Powered Sailplanes

Normal, Utility, Aerobatics and Commuter Category Aeroplanes

Large Aeroplanes

Small Rotorcraft

Large Rotorcraft

Aircraft Noise

Cenifying Staff Maintenance

Approved Maintenance Organisations

Approved Maintenance TraininglExaminations

Engines

Propeller.;

Auxiliary Power Units

All Weather Operations

Joint Technical Standard Orders

Very Light Aeroplanes

Commercial Air Transportation (Aeroplanes)

Commercial Air Transportation (Helicopters)

Flight Crew Licensing (Aeroplane)

Aight Crew Licensing (Helicopter)

Flight Crew Licensing (Medical Requirements)

Aeroplane Flight Simulators

JAR STD I A

Aight & Navigation Procedures Trainers.

JAR STD3 A

(1)

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires _

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"the Act" means the Civil Aviation Act;

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..the Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation;

"JAA" or "Joint Aviation Authorities" means the associated

body of the European Civil Aviation Conference constituted by a

number of European States to develop and implement cornmon

safety regulatory standards and procedures, and who have signed

the document entitled •.Arrangements concerning the Development,

the Acceptance and the Implementation of Joint Aviation

Requirements (JAR)"concluded in Cyprus on 11 September 1990;

"JAR" means the current technical requirements and

procedures in the field of Civil Aviation Safety published by the

JAA and listed in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) In the JAR documents referred to in the Schedule to

this Order, reference to ..the Authority" shall be construed to mean the

Director of Civil Aviation except that in paragraph 1.olOofJAR OPS I

and in paragraph 3.010 of JAR OPS 3 mentioned in the Sehedule the

expression "the Authority" refers to the Minister responsible for

Aviation.