Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) Order, 1951

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 33/1951
• Year: 1951

S.I. No. 33 of 1951.
AIR NAVIGATION (PERSONNEL LICENSING) ORDER, 1951.
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Article.
1. Short title and Commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Purpose of Order.
4. References to prescribed certificates of competency and licences in Regulations of 1930.
5. References to persons licensed for the inspection of aircraft under Regulations of 1930.
6. Amendments of Regulations of 1930.
7. Revocation of Directions.
PART II.
GENERAL.
8. Flight crew members to be licensed.
9. Continuance in force of existing licences, etc.
10. Piloting of aircraft by unlicensed persons.
11. Medical fitness.
12. Aircraft maintenance engineers to be licensed.
13. Duration of licences.
14. Renewal of licences.
15. Rating of licences.
16. Instruction in flying.
17. Grant of flight instructor rating.
18. Flight under instrument flight rules.
19. Privileges of licences.
20. Validation of licences granted by foreign States.
21. Production of licences.
22. Examinations and tests.
23. Log books.
24. Applications for grant, etc., of licences.
25. Endorsement, revocation and suspension of licences.
26. Surrender of licence documents.
27. Limitation on grant or renewal of licences.
28. Refusal of grant or renewal of licences.
29. Signature of licences.
30. Forgery, etc., of licences.
31. False representations.
32. Exemption from Order.
33. Application of Order.
PART III.
PILOT'S LICENCES.
34. Classification of licences.
35. Age limits.
36. Medical requirements.
37. Technical requirements.
38. Aircraft ratings.
39. Endorsement of rating on licence.
40. Flight instructor rating.
41. Instrument rating.
42. Night rating.
43. Privileges and limitations.
PART IV.
FLIGHT NAVIGATORS' LICENCES.
44. Age limit.
45. Medical requirements.
46. Technical requirements.
47. Privileges and limitations.
PART V.
FLIGHT ENGINEERS' LICENCES.
48. Age limit.
49. Medical requirements.
50. Technical requirements.
51. Endorsement of rating on licence.
52. Privileges and limitations.
PART VI.
FLIGHT RADIO OPERATORS' LICENCES.
Article
53. Classification of licences.
54. Age limits.
55. Medical requirements.
56. Technical requirements.
57. Privileges and limitations.
PART VII.
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS' LICENCES.
58. Age limit.
59. Categories of licences.
60. Technical requirements.
61. Endorsement of rating on licence.
62. Privileges and limitations.
SCHEDULES.
Schedule I.—Technical requirements for the grant, rating and renewal of Pilots' licences :
Part I.—Student Pilot.
Part II.—Private Pilot.
Part III.—Commercial Glider Pilot.
Part IV.—Commercial Pilot.
Part V.—Senior Commercial Pilot.
Part VI.—Airline Transport Pilot.
Part VII.—Flight Instructor Rating.
Part VIII.—Instrument Rating.
Schedule II.—Technical requirements for the grant and renewal of Flight Navigators' licences.
Schedule III.—Technical requirements for the grant, rating and renewal of Flight Engineers' licences.
Schedule IV.—Technical requirements for the grant and renewal of Flight Radio Operators' licences.
Schedule V.—Technical requirements for the grant, rating and renewal of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers' licences :
Category A.
Category B.
Category C.
Category D.
Category X (1).
Category X (2).
Category X (3).
Category X (4).
Category X (5).
Category X (6).
Schedule VI.—Logging of Flight Time.
Schedule VII.—Medical requirements.
S.I. No. 33 of 1951.
AIR NAVIGATION (PERSONNEL LICENSING) ORDER, 1951.
I, DANIEL MORRISSEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Air Navigation and Transport Acts, 1936 to 1950, hereby order as follows :—
PART I. PRELIMINARY.
	1 Short title and Commencement.	1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Personnel Licensing) Order, 1951.
(2) This Order, so far as it relates to flight radio operators shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1951.
(3) Subject to paragraph (2), this Order shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1951.
	2 Definitions.	2.—(1) In this Order " aerial work aircraft " means an aircraft, not being a public transport aircraft, which is being flown for payment required to be made to the operator of the aircraft, being a payment for the flight or in respect of the purpose for which the flight is undertaken ;
" aircraft " includes gliders ;
" approved training " means training carried out under curricula and supervision acceptable to the Minister ;
" competent licensing authority " means the authority designated by a State as responsible for the licensing of aviation personnel ;
" co-pilot " means a licensed pilot serving in any piloting capacity other than as pilot in command, but excludes a pilot on board the aircraft for the sole purpose of receiving flight instruction ;
" dual instruction time " means flight time during which a person is receiving flight instruction from a pilot on board the aircraft ;
" duly authorised instructor " means a person who holds a current pilot's licence endorsed with a flight instructor rating in accordance with the provisions of this Order ;
" flight crew member " means a licensed member of the crew charged with duties essential to the operation of the aircraft during the time defined as flight time ;
" flight time " means the total time from the moment the aircraft first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off until the moment it comes to rest at the end of the flight ;
" glider " means a non-power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight ;
" goods " includes mails ;
" instrument time " means instrument flight time or instrument ground time ;
" instrument flight time " means time during which a pilot is piloting an aircraft solely by reference to instruments and without external reference points ;
" instrument ground time " means time during which a pilot is practising, on the ground, simulated instrument flight on a mechanical device acceptable to the Minister ;
" instrument flight rules " means the rules contained in Section IV of the Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1949 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1949 ) ;
" Minister " means the Minister for Industry and Commerce
" night " means the period commencing at the end of evening nautical twilight and terminating at the beginning of morning nautical twilight ;
" pilot " means manipulate the flight controls of an aircraft during flight time and cognate words shall be construed accordingly ;
" pilot in command " means the pilot responsible for the operation and safety of the aircraft during flight time ;
" prescribed " means prescribed by a direction given by the Minister under this Order ;
" private aircraft " means an aircraft which is neither a public transport aircraft nor an aerial work aircraft ;
" public transport aircraft " means aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or, if the carriage is effected by an air transport undertaking, whether for hire or reward or not ;
" solo flight time " means flight time during which a pilot is the sole occupant of an aircraft ;
" type " means aircraft or engines which, in the opinion of the Minister, are of the same basic design, including all modifications thereto, except those modifications which in the opinion of the Minister result in a material change in flight or operating characteristics or maintenance requirements ;
(2) Directions under this Order may be given in the form of Notices to Airmen (" NOTAMS ") Civil Aviation Bulletins, or Notices to Aircraft Owners and Aircraft Engineers.
(3) References to carriage for hire or reward include references to—
(a) the carriage of persons in an aircraft for the purposes of undergoing instruction in flying for which payment is made ;
(b) the carriage of persons or goods in an aircraft for valuable consideration.
(4) In relation to the carrying of a person in an aircraft for the purpose of undergoing instruction, payment shall be deemed to be made for the instruction if any sum is paid or payable in respect of the particular flight by any person either to the instructor himself or to any person by whom the instructor is employed or to whom he gives his services as an instructor, or if the instructor is employed for reward to instruct persons in flying aircraft.
	3 Purpose of Order.	3. This Order is for the purpose of giving effect to Annex 1 of the Chicago Convention referred to in the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1946 (No. 23 of 1946).
	4 References to prescribed certificates of competency and licences in Regulations of 1930.	4. In the Air Navigation (General) Regulations, 1930 ( S. R. & O. No. 26 of 1930 ), references to prescribed certificates of competency and licences shall be construed as meaning, in relation to aircraft registered in the State, licences granted or validated under this Order, or granted or validated under those Regulations and continued in force by virtue of the provisions of this Order.
	5 References to persons licensed for the inspection of aircraft under Regulations of 1930.	5. In the Air Navigation (General) Regulations, 1930, references to persons licensed or authorised under those Regulations for the purpose of carrying out inspections of aircraft shall be construed as meaning aircraft maintenance engineers holding licences granted or validated under this Order, or granted or validated under those Regulations and continued in force by virtue of the provisions of this Order.
	6 Amendments of Regulations of 1930.	6. The Air Navigation (General) Regulations, 1930, are hereby amended—
(a) by the deletion, in the definition of "...