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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

“Radio Convention” means the International Radio-telegraphic Convention signed at Washington on the 25th November, 1927, and the General and Supplementary Regulations annexed thereto; and includes any amendment or modification of such convention or regulations as may hereafter be made.

SCHEDULE V.—LICENSING OF PERSONNEL.

1. Save as provided by clauses 5 and 6 of these regulations, every person acting as a commander, pilot, navigator, aircraft engineer, or other operative member of the crew of a New Zealand aircraft shall be the holder of a licence in respect of the capacity in which he is so acting, and in respect of the class or type of aircraft in which he is so acting, granted or rendered valid under the provisions of these regulations.

LICENSING AUTHORITY.

2. All licences required by the Act and the regulations shall be granted by the Minister:—
   (a) Pilots’ Licences.—There shall be two classes of pilots’ licences—
   (i) Class “A”: Private pilot’s licence—i.e., licence to fly aircraft other than aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or for any industrial purpose.
   (ii) Class “B”: Commercial pilot’s licence—i.e., licence to fly aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or for any industrial purpose.
   (b) Ground Engineers’ Licences.—There shall be five categories—viz., “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” and “X.”
   (c) Navigators’ Licences.—There shall be two classes of licences to navigate aircraft—viz., first-class and second-class.

LICENSING OF PERSONNEL.

3. Applications for the grant or validation of licences under Schedule V should be made to the Controller of Civil Aviation, Defence, Wellington, by whom particulars of the requirements for obtaining a licence and application forms will be supplied on demand.

4. (1) Licences remain valid for the following periods:—
   (a) Pilot’s licence to fly aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or being flown for any industrial purpose: Not more than six months where the holder is of the male sex, and not more than four months where the holder is of the female sex.
   (b) Any other pilot’s licence: Not more than twelve months.
   (c) Licence to navigate aircraft: Not more than six months where the holder is of the male sex, and not more than four months where the holder is of the female sex.
   (d) All other licences: Twelve months.
   (2) In this Schedule references to carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward include references to carrying passengers or goods (whether for hire or reward or not) on behalf of an air transport undertaking.

PRIVATE PILOTS.

5. A person applying for a pilot’s licence to fly aircraft other than aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward, or being flown for any industrial purpose, will be required to produce such proofs of competency, medical fitness, and recent reasonable flying experience as are prescribed in the following rules or failing such proof of recent flying experience, he may be required to undergo practical tests.

PROOFS OF COMPETENCY.

6. With reference to paragraph 5 of this Schedule, the proofs of competency required in the case of a person applying for a licence as pilot shall (subject as hereinafter provided) consist of his having passed, to the satisfaction of the Minister, the respective tests and examinations specified in paragraphs 7 to 10 below.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS.

Private Pilot’s Licence (“A” Licence).

7. Any person applying for the issue or renewal of a pilot’s licence to fly aircraft other than aircraft carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward or being flown for any industrial purpose (i.e., a “Private Pilot’s Licence” as referred to in paragraph 5 hereof), will be required to undergo a medical examination by a duly qualified medical practitioner who may be the applicant’s usual medical attendant. Such examination shall be conducted in accordance with C.A. Form C.-14, and the original copy of this form, completed as required, shall be forwarded by the medical examiner to the Controller of Civil Aviation. Application for copies of this form should be made to the Controller of Civil Aviation, Defence, Wellington.

8. This medical examination will be based upon the following requirements of mental and physical fitness:—
   (a) Good family and personal history, with particular reference to nervous stability, as to which information shall be given in a statement made and signed by the applicant and satisfactory to the medical examiner:
   (b) The applicant must not be under seventeen years of age:
   (c) General Surgical Examination.—The applicant must neither suffer from any wound or injury, nor have undergone any operation, nor possess any abnormality, congenital or acquired, which might interfere with the safe handling of aircraft under ordinary conditions:
   (d) Palpation of the abdomen and abdominal viscera, particularly the pyloric, vesicular, duodenal, and appendicular regions, whenever it reveals any swelling or distinct pain, must be completed by a radioscopic and radiographic examination: