S.L. 499.9 Art. 13Radio equipment of aircraft.

(1) An aircraft shall not fly unless it is so equipped with radio and radio navigation equipment as to comply with the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered and to enable communications to be made and the aircraft to be navigated, in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

(2) Without prejudice to subarticle (1), the aircraft shall be equipped with radio and radio navigation equipment in accordance with the Sixth Schedule unless the aircraft is being operated for public transport, in which case it has to comply with the radio and radio navigation equipment requirements set out in JAR OPS 1 and JAR OPS 3, and satisfy EC Regulation 1702/2003.

(3) In any particular case the Director General may direct that an aircraft registered in Malta shall carry such additional or special radio or radio navigation equipment as he may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.

(4) Subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed, the radio and radio navigation equipment provided in compliance with this article in an aircraft registered in Malta shall always be maintained in serviceable condition.

(5) All radio and radio navigation equipment installed in an aircraft registered in Malta or carried on such an aircraft for use in connection with the aircraft, whether or not in compliance with this Order, shall be of a type approved by the Director General in relation to the purpose for which it is to be used, and shall be installed in a manner approved by the Director General. Neither the equipment nor the manner in which it is installed shall be modified except with the approval of the Director General.