S.L. 499.9 Art. 7Certificate of airworthiness to be in force.

(1) An aircraft shall not fly unless there is in force in respect thereof a certificate of airworthiness and an airworthiness review certificate duly issued or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered, and any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with:

Provided that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to flights beginning and ending in Malta, without passing over any other country, or as defined within EC Regulation 1592/2002, of -

(a) a balloon, if it is not being used for the public transport of passengers;

(b) a kite;

(c) an aircraft flying in accordance with the "A Conditions" or the "B Conditions" set forth in the Second Schedule;

(d) an aircraft flying in accordance with the conditions of a permit to fly issued by the Director General in respect of that aircraft:

Provided further that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the flight of a Maltese registered aircraft for which a specific authorisation has been granted by the Director General.

(2) In the case of an aircraft registered in Malta the certificate of airworthiness referred to in subarticle (1) shall be a certificate issued or rendered valid in accordance with the provisions of article 8, EC Regulation 1702/2003.