S.L. 499.26 Art. 16Medical examination and age limit.

(1) The Authority shall appoint a Medical Board to examine whether a pilot is physically and mentally fit for the proper discharge of his duties and in any case when a pilot attains forty years of age and thereafter at the end of every fifth year.

(2) If the Medical Board under subregulation (1) certifies that the pilot is no longer fit to carry out his duties, the Authority shall revoke the licence.

(3) A licence issued under these regulations shall be automatically withdrawn on the day that the licensee reaches the statutory pension age:

Provided that the Authority may, in accordance with the pilotage agreement, extend the validity of such licence if on medical examination the licensee is found to be physically and mentally fit to serve as a pilot by a Medical Board appointed by the Authority.

(4) In this regulation, "statutory pension age" means that age at which a person becomes eligible to receive a mandatory social security retirement pension in terms of the Social Security Act.