On 25/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 25/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 15/04/2002.
2. Paragraph 2 of theAir Navigation Order (O 2) (referred to in this Order as the principal Order) is amended —
(a)
by deleting the definition of “maintenance” in sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the following definitions:
“ “maintenance” means the performance of tasks required to ensure the continued airworthiness of an aircraft, and includes the overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification and the embodiment of a modification or repair;
“maintenance schedule” means a document which describes the specific scheduled maintenance tasks and their frequency of completion necessary for the safe operation of those aircraft to which it applies;”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public transport of passengers” in sub-paragraph (1), the following definition:
“ “repair” means the restoration of an aeronautical product to an airworthy condition to ensure that the aircraft continues to comply with design aspects of the appropriate airworthiness requirements used for the issuance of the type certificate of the respective aircraft type, after it has been damaged or subject to wear;”; and
(c)
by deleting sub-paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
“(2) An aircraft shall be deemed to be in flight —
(a)
in the case of an aeroplane, a pilotless flying machine or glider, from the moment it first moves for the purpose of taking off until the moment when it finally comes to rest after landing;
(b)
in the case of a helicopter or gyroplane, from the moment the rotor blades start turning until the moment when it finally comes to rest after landing and the rotor blades are stopped;
(c)
in the case of an airship or free balloon, from the moment when it first becomes detached from the surface until the moment when it next becomes attached thereto or comes to rest thereon,
and the expressions “a flight”, “to fly” and “flight time” shall be construed accordingly.”.