| (1) | A holder of a licence or rating, similar to, or higher than, a free balloon pilot licence issued in terms of this Part or issued by or on behalf of an appropriate authority of a Contracting State, who requires to exercise the privileges of such licence or rating as PIC of a South African registered aircraft, may apply to the Director or an organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be, in the appropriate prescribed form, for a validation of such pilot licence or rating. |
[Regulation 69.01.9(1) substituted by regulation 19(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
| (2) | An application for validation shall not be considered if an applicant has, for reasons other than failing a skills test, a proficiency test, or a theoretical knowledge test— |
| (a) | been refused a South African pilot licence or validation before; or |
| (b) | had a South African pilot licence or validation revoked in the past. |
[Regulation 69.01.9(2) substituted by regulation 19(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
| (3) | Where, in the opinion of the Director or the designated organisation, the requirements for the issue of a pilot licence by a particular Contracting State are lower than those set by the Republic, the Director or the designated organisation may direct that the applicant meets the higher requirements before granting a validation. |
(4)
| (a) | A pilot licence and rating issued by or on behalf of an appropriate authority of a Contracting State may be validated— |
| (i) | subject to the same restrictions which apply to such pilot licence and rating; |
| (ii) | subject to such conditions and limitations as the Director or the designated organisation may deem necessary in the interest of aviation safety; |
| (iii) | in accordance with and subject to the requirements and conditions as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 69; and |
| (iv) | in the appropriate prescribed form. |
| (b) | The validation referred to in paragraph (a) shall not permit privileges in excess of the equivalent South African free balloon pilot licence or rating. |
| (5) | The application for a validation referred to in subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by— |
| (a) | the appropriate fee as prescribed in Part 187; |
| (b) | a certified true copy of the pilot licence and rating to which the validation refers; |
| (c) | a certified true copy of a valid medical certificate or valid medical fitness certificate; |
| (d) | a certified true copy of the radiotelephony certificate (if applicable), or, in the case where the Contracting State does not prescribe such certificate for its licence holders, certified pro.of that the applicant has passed a practical skill test with an approved radio licence examiner; |
| (e) | a summary of the applicant's logbook, certified by the applicant to be a true reflection of the hours flown; and |
| (f) | any other document that may be prescribed in Document SA-CATS 69. |
| (6) | The minimum knowledge, experience and skill requirements for the issue of a Certificate of Validation for the various pilot licences and ratings are those prescribed in Document SA-CATS 69 for the South African free balloon pilot licence and associated ratings. |
| (7) | Where a proficiency check or skills test is required, such test shall be undertaken in a balloon of the class or type, appropriate to the free balloon pilot licence class for which a certificate of validation is sought. |
| (8) | The holder of a validation shall comply with all the applicable provisions prescribed in these regulations. |
| (9) | Subject to regulation 69.01.8(2)(c), the privileges of an additional rating may not be exercised in terms of the certificate of validation before the appropriate authority has endorsed such privileges on the applicant's foreign pilot's licence. |
| (10) | The period of validity of a certificate of validation shall be the lesser of— |
| (a) | twelve months calculated from the date of issue of such certificate of validation; or |
| (b) | the period of validity of the pilot licence and rating to which the validation applies; |
| (11) | In exceptional cases, such as demonstration flights or specific instruction on balloons new for the Republic, the Director or the designated organisation may consider the validation of a foreign licence to meet short-term operational requirements by exempting the applicant from all or some of the requirements of this Part, subject to conditions set by him, her or it for the particular situation. |
[Regulation 69.01.9 substituted by regulation 19(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
