AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRANT) REGULATIONS

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRANT)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 503.01

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION

(INTERNATIONAL REGISTRANT) REGULATIONS

21st December, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 537 of 2010.

The title of these regulations is the Aircraft Registration

(International Registrant) Regulations.

Regulation 3(2)

DECLARATION OF APPOINTMENT OF RESIDENT AGENT

1. Name and Surname of International

Registrant if individual, or full

undertaking name if body corporate.

Nationality and place of habitual

residence of International Registrant, if

individual, or registered office address if

body corporate.

(hereinafter referred to as the "International Registrant"), HEREBY APPOINTS

................................................... of ..................................................... (hereinafter referred

to as the "Resident Agent"), as its resident agent for the purposes of article 19 of the Aircraft

Registration Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

2. It is understood and accepted that it shall be the function of ................................... as

resident agent to

(a) act as a channel of communication between the International Registrant and the

Maltese government departments and authorities;

(b) sign and file with the Maltese government departments and authorities, on

behalf of the International Registrant, declarations and forms required in terms

of Maltese Law;

(c) act as a judicial representative of the international registrant for judicial

proceedings in Malta, and for the purpose of the Aircraft Registration Act, any

official notice sent to the resident agent at his last registered address shall be

deemed to have been duly received by and notified to the international

registrant.

3. ................................................... is hereby empowered to

(a) sign and file on behalf of the International Registrant, applications,

declarations, notices, returns and any other document required in terms of

Maltese Law;

(b) apply, on behalf of the International Registrant, for the registration of an aircraft

under the Act and for the closure of register of an aircraft, and to perform any

ancillary act in relation thereto;

(c) pay, on behalf of the International Registrant, all relative fees and taxes payable

in terms of Maltese law;

(d) do, on behalf of the International Registrant, all other things as may be

considered conducive or ancillary for the registration of aircraft under the Act

or for the maintenance of such registration;

(e) do, on behalf of the International Registrant, all other things as may be

considered conducive or ancillary for the cancellation of the registration of

aircraft under the Act;

(f) authenticate documents issued by the International Registrant;

(g) receive formal notification on behalf of the International Registrant when

notifications are required in relation to an aircraft or any mortgage thereon,

under the provisions of the Act or any agreement.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Aircraft Registration Act;

"approved jurisdiction" has the same meaning given to it in the

Act;

"EEA State" means -

(a) a Member State of the European Union;

(b) Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;

"undertaking" has the same meaning assigned to it in the

Companies Act.

(1) For the purposes of article 6(1) of the Act, in addition

to the case referred to in article 19 of the Act, the following persons

shall also be qualified to register an aircraft that is in construction

or one which is not used to provide air services, in the National

Aircraft Register, and Part II of the Act shall apply mutatis

mutandis to -

(a) a citizen of Malta, or a citizen of any other EEA State

or Switzerland but not having a place of residence or

business in Malta or in any other EEA State; or

(b) an undertaking formed and existing in accordance with

the laws of Malta, but with less than fifty per cent of

its ownership held by citizens of Malta or of any other

EEA State or Switzerland, and its effective control is

carried out in Malta or in any other EEA State or

Switzerland, provided however, that each of the

shareholders and directors of the undertaking are a

citizen of, or an undertaking established in, an

approved jurisdiction; or

(c) a trustee where the beneficiaries

are

persons

mentioned in paragraphs (a) or (b).

(2) Where an undertaking formed and existing in accordance

with the laws of Malta, or a trustee is a corporate trustee and has

among its directors or administrators, one natural person who

satisfies the requirements of article 20(1) of the Act, then such

person shall be designated to be the resident agent for the purpose

of Part III of the Act in accordance with the formalities stipulated

in the Schedule to these regulations.

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(3) Where there are more than one person who are qualified to

act as resident agent in accordance with article 20(1) of the Act, the

undertaking shall designate one of those persons to act as resident

agent.

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The Resident Agent may appoint in writing any other person to act on his behalf

provided that in doing so, the Resident Agent shall not be relinquishing the functions, powers

and responsibilities duly conferred on him.

The International Registrant is aware of the provisions of Maltese law that, inter alia,

an international registrant in whose name an aircraft is, or has been registered under the Act,

or in whose name a certificate of registration of aircraft has been issued, shall be deemed to

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have submitted to the jurisdiction of the Maltese courts in terms of article 742(1)(g) of the

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure for any action in connection with the aircraft while

it is or was so registered.

The undersigned declares that he is empowered to sign this declaration in the name of the

International Registrant.

Signed this ............. day of .................... of the year ............... by .......................................

in the presence of ....................................................... .

Signature of Declarant