S.L. 499.9 Art. 30Aircraft not registered in Malta - aerodrome operating minima.

(1) A public transport aircraft registered in a country other than Malta shall not use any aerodrome in Malta as a destination or alternate aerodrome unless the operator thereof shall have furnished to the Director General such particulars as he may from time to time have required relating to the aerodrome operating minima specified by the operator in relation to aerodromes in Malta for the purpose of limiting their use by the aircraft for take-off or landing, including any instructions given by the operator in relation to such aerodrome operating minima. The aircraft shall not use any aerodrome in Malta as a destination or alternate aerodrome unless the operator shall have made such amendments or additions to the aerodrome operating minima so specified and any instructions so given as the Director General may require for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the aircraft or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation.

(2) The aircraft shall not take off or land at an aerodrome in Malta in contravention of the aerodrome operating minima specified by the operator in relation to that aerodrome or of the instructions referred to in subarticle (1).

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of subarticle (2), a public transport aircraft registered in a country other than Malta when making a descent to an aerodrome shall not -

(a) descend below 1000 ft. above the height of an aerodrome if the relevant runway visual range at the aerodrome is at the time less than the specified minimum for landing; or

(b) (i) continue an approach to landing at any aerodrome by flying below the relevant specified decision height, or

(ii) descend below the relevant specified minimum descent height unless from that height the specified visual reference for landing is established and is maintained.

(4) In this article "specified" in relation to an aircraft means specified by the operator in, or ascertainable by reference to, the operations manual relating to that aircraft.