| (1) | This Part applies to registration and marking of aircraft in the Republic. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1), this Part does not apply to— |
| (a) | a hang-glider or a powered version thereof; |
| (b) | a paraglider or a powered version thereof; |
| (c) | an unmanned free balloon without a payload; |
| (h) | a meteorological pilot balloon used exclusively for meteorological purposes; |
| (i) | a subsonic jet aeroplane for which an application for a type certificate was submitted before 6 October 1977, except for an aeroplane— |
| (i) | requiring a runway length of 610 m or less at MCM for airworthiness; |
| (ii) | powered by engines with a bypass ratio of two or more and for which a certificate of airworthiness was first issued before 1 March 1972; |
| (iii) | powered by engines with bypass ratio of less than two and for which an application for a type certificate was submitted before 1 January 1969, and for which a certificate of airworthiness was first issued before 1 January 1976; or |
| (iv) | that has been fitted with hush-kit that complies with the noise standards prescribed in Chapter 3 Annex 16 to the Convention. |
[Regulation 47.01.1 substituted by regulation 8(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
