S.L. 499.9 Art. 53Application and interpretation of Part VII.

(1) Articles 54, 55 and 56 apply in relation to any aircraft registered in Malta which is either -

(a) engaged on a flight for the purpose of public transport;

or

(b) operated by an air transport undertaking:

Provided that the said articles shall not apply in relation to a flight made only for the purpose of instruction in flying given by or on behalf of a flying club or flying school, or a person who is not an air transport undertaking.

(2) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires -

(a) "day" means a continuous period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight Universal Coordinated Time;

(b) "duty time" means a period which starts when the crew member is required by an operator to report for a duty and ends when the crew member is free from all duties;

(c) "flight duty period" means the total time from the moment an operating crew member commences duty, immediately subsequent to a rest period and prior to making a flight or a series of flights, to the moment the crew member is relieved of all duties having completed such flight or series of flights;

(d) "flight time" in relation to a person, means all time spent by that person in an aircraft whether or not registered in Malta (other than aircraft of which the maximum take-off mass does not exceed 1600kg and which is not flying for the purpose of public transport or aerial work) from the time the aircraft first moves from its parking place for the purpose of taking off until it comes to rest on the designated parking position or until all engines are stopped and he is carried therein as a member of the crew thereof;

(e) "rest period" means an uninterrupted and defined period of time during which a crew member is relieved of all duties by the operator.

(3) For the purpose of this Part, a helicopter shall be deemed to be in flight from the moment the helicopter first moves under its own power for the purpose of taking off until the rotors are next stopped.