ގަވާއިދު ނަންބަރު: 93-އާރ/2023 (Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transition Rules)

` Volume: 52 Issue: 115 Date: 8 Ramadan 1444 – 30 March 2023 Thursday Regulation No: 2023/R-93 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transition Rules  For publication of regulations and The President’s Office guidelines in the Gazette, send to Boduthakurufaanu Magu legalaffairs@po.gov.mv. Male, Maldives’ Phone: 3336211 Mobile: 7242885 Website: www.gazette.gov.mv Volume: 52 Issue No: 115 Regulation No: 2023/R-93 Government Gazette . Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Republic of Maldives Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transition Rules Issue 1.01, 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Foreword Foreword Maldives Civil Aviation Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Articles 5 and 6 of the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Act 2/2012 has adopted this Regulation. This Regulation shall be cited as “MCAR-19 Transition Rules” and shall come into force on 30 March 2023. Existing aviation requirements as listed in "MCAR-19 Transition Rules” dated 30 September 2020 will be repealed as from 30 March 2023. Definitions of the terms and abbreviations used in this regulation, unless the context requires otherwise, are in MCAR-1 Definitions and Abbreviations. Issue: 1.01 ii 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority List of Amendments List of Amendments Rev # Date Remarks Issue 1.00 2020-09-30 Initial issue Introduced accessibility requirements, and financial Issue 1.01 2023-03-30 documents for an AOC applicant Issue: 1.01 iii 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority List of Effective Pages List of Effective Pages Section Part Page Amendment Date Foreword ii Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 List of Amendments iii Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 List of Effective Pages iv-v Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 Table of Contents vi-ix Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 A Technical Requirements 1 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 1 2-4 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 2 5-7 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 3A 8-9 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 3B 10-16 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 3C 17-18 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 3D 19 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 4 20 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 5 21 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subparts 6 - 9 22 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 10A 23-26 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 10B 27-28 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 11 29 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 12 30-31 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subparts 13 - 14 32 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 15A 33-38 Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 Subpart 15B 39-43 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 16 44-45 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 17 46-48 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 B Enforcement Actions 49 Issue: 1.00 30 Sep 2020 Subpart 18 40-54 Issue: 1.01 30 Mar 2023 Issue: 1.01 iv 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority List of Effective Pages Section Part Page Amendment Date Issue: 1.01 v 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii List of Amendments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii List of Effective Pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iv Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi Section A — TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 1 Subpart 1 - Commencement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 19.1.1 General ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 19.1.2 Definitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 19.1.3 Rules of Construction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 19.1.3 Classification of Aircraft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Subpart 2 – Application -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 19.2.1 Application to Maldivian Aircraft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 19.2.2 Application to Maldivian Controlled Aircraft --------------------------------------------------------------- 5 19.2.4 Application to Foreign Aircraft ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 19.2.5 Maldivian Aircraft over the High Seas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 19.2.6 Maldivian Aircraft in other Countries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 19.2.7 Conflict of Laws ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 19.2.8 Contraventions Outside of the Maldives -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 19.2.9 Foreign State Aircraft----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 19.2.10 Exceptions from application for certain classes of aircraft -------------------------------------------- 6 Subpart 3A – Administration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 19.3A.1 Functions of the CAA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 19.3A.2 The Chief Executive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 19.3A.3 Authorised Persons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 19.3A.4 Delegation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 19.3A.5 Laws and Standards Incorporated by Reference ---------------------------------------------------------- 8 19.3A.6 Exemptions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Subpart 3B – Powers and Penalties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 19.3B.1 Revocation, variation and suspension ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 19.3B.2 Production of Documents and Records -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Issue: 1.01 vi 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Table of Contents 19.3B.3 Prohibitions in Relation to Documents and Records -------------------------------------------------- 12 19.3B.4 Power to prevent aircraft flying ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 19.3B.5 Right of Access and Inspections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 19.3B.6 Obstruction of Persons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 19.3B.7 Directions and Directives ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 19.3B.8 Offences and Penalties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Subpart 3C – Prohibited Behaviour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.1 Endangering safety of an aircraft ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.2 Endangering safety of any person or property ---------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.3 Drunkenness in aircraft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 19.3C.4 Smoking in aircraft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.5 Authority of commander of an aircraft --------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.6 Acting in a disruptive manner --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 19.3C.7 Stowaways ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 Subpart 3D – Appeal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 19.3D.1 Appeal to Minister ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Subpart 4 – (Reserved) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Subpart 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 19.5.1 Certificate of airworthiness to be in force ---------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Subparts 6, 7, 8, 9 – (Reserved) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Subpart 10A – Conditions of Flight (Foreign Aircraft) ------------------------------------------------------- 23 19.10A.1 Aircraft of Contracting States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 19.10A.2 Non-scheduled flight by aircraft of Contracting States ----------------------------------------------- 23 19.10A.3 Exemptions on patents and similar claims ---------------------------------------------------------------- 23 19.10A.4 Aircraft of non-contracting states ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 19.10A.5 Foreign air carrier permits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 19.10A.6 Restrictions on air photography and survey by foreign aircraft ----------------------------------- 24 19.10A.7 Detention of foreign aircraft ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 19.10A.8 Revocation, suspension or variation of permits --------------------------------------------------------- 25 Subpart 10B – Conditions of Flight (All Aircraft) -------------------------------------------------------------- 28 19.10B.1 Entry and departure of international flights -------------------------------------------------------------- 28 19.10B.2 International aircraft to take off and land at designated airports --------------------------------- 28 Issue: 1.01 vii 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Table of Contents 19.10B.3 Prohibited, restricted and danger areas ------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 19.10B.4 Carriage of munitions of war ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Subpart 11 – (Reserved) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 Subpart 12 – Air Traffic Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 19.12.1 Provision of air traffic services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Subparts 13, 14 – (Reserved) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Subpart 15A – Operation of Aircraft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 19.15A.1 Requirement for an Air Operator Certificate ------------------------------------------------------------- 34 19.15A.2 Submission of the proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34 19.15A.3 Financial information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 19.15A.4 Approval of the proposal and grant of no-objection letter ------------------------------------------ 36 19.15A.5 Operating statistics and financial data---------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 19.15A.6 Confidentiality of statistical information and financial data ----------------------------------------- 37 19.15A.7 Accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility ------------------------------ 37 GM 19.15A.7(a)1. Accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility --------------------------- 38 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance -------------------- 38 AMC 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance --------------------- 38 GM 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance ----------------------- 39 Subpart 15B – Specialised Operations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 19.15B.1 Towing, picking up and raising of persons and articles ----------------------------------------------- 40 19.15B.2 Dropping of articles and animals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 19.15B.3 Dropping of persons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 19.15B.4 Exhibitions of flying ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 19.15B.5 Lighter than air aircraft, gliders and kites------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 19.15B.6 Tethered balloons, kites and air ships ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 19.15B.7 Small unmanned aircraft ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 19.15B.8 Small unmanned surveillance aircraft ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Subpart 16 – Protection of the Environment ------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 19.16.1 Requirement of a noise certificate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 19.16.2 Fuel venting and smoke emission requirements ------------------------------------------------------- 45 19.16.3 Suppression of aircraft noise and vibration -------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Subpart 17 – Medical Oxygen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Issue: 1.01 viii 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Table of Contents 19.17.1 Scope 47 19.17.2 Equipment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47 19.17.3 Use of Medical Oxygen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 19.17.4 Precautions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 19.17.5 Derogations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Section B — ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS 50 Subpart 18 - Penalties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 19.18.1 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (e) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 19.18.2 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (f) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 19.18.3 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (g) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Issue: 1.01 ix 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Section A — TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Issue: 1.00 1 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 1 - Commencement 19.1.1 General This issue of MCAR-19 becomes effective on 30 September 2020. The existing aviation requirements listed below will be repealed as from 30 September 2020. Amendment Number Title Date CAR Part 01 Commencement and Interpretation 2012-05-01 CAR Part 02 Application 2002-06-01 CAR Part 03 Administration and Enforcement 2002-06-01 CAR Part 04 Registration and Marking of Aircraft 2007-12-01 CAR Part 05 Airworthiness of Aircraft 2009-01-01 CAR Part 06 Maintenance, Repair, Modification and Overhaul etc. 2009-01-01 CAR Part 09 Licensing of Flight Crew 2007-05-01 CAR Part 10 Conditions of Flight 2002-06-01 CAR Part 11 Rules of Air 2002-06-01 CAR Part 12 Air Traffic Control 2010-10-01 CAR Part 13 Replaced by MCAR-139 2012-06-01 CAR Part 14 Other Services for Civil Aviation 2002-06-01 CAR Part 15 Operation of Aircraft 2008-03-01 CAR Part 16 Protection of the Environment 2002-06-01 CAR Part 17 Accident Investigation 2009-05-01 CAR Part 20 Fees for Licenses etc. and Charges for ANS 2008-03-01 MAR A 01 Issue of Maldivian Airworthiness Requirements 2006-04-12 MAR C 06 Minimum Equipment 1991-11-02 MAR C 09 Mandatory Aircraft Equipment 2004-07-04 MAR C 15 Carriage of Oxygen for Medical use by Passengers 2002-03-04 Chapter 9 of Operating Data and Statistics 2009-05-26 MCAR-12 Issue: 1.00 2 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 19.1.2 Definitions Maldivian aircraft an aircraft registered under MCAR-47 Nationality and Registration marks. Foreign aircraft an aircraft registered elsewhere than in the Maldives. Contracting State a State which has adhered to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, whether or not it is a member of the United Nations (UN) and/or any of its other Agencies. Small unmanned means any unmanned aircraft, other than a balloon or a kite, aircraft having a mass of not more than 20kg without its fuel but including any articles or equipment installed in or attached to the aircraft at the commencement of its flight; 19.1.3 Rules of Construction (a) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires:- 1. the masculine gender imports the feminine gender; 2. words used in the singular import the plural and words used in the plural import the singular; 3. references to “by the regulations” or “under these Regulations” are references to “by or under these Regulations” 4. ‘Shall’ is used to indicate a mandatory requirement. 5. ‘Should’ is used to indicate a recommendation. Issue: 1.00 3 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 19.1.3 Classification of Aircraft (a) Aircraft eligible for registration in the Maldives shall be classified in accordance with the Table 1. (b) Aircraft which are intended to be operated with no pilot on board shall be further classified as unmanned. (c) Unmanned aircraft shall include unmanned free balloons and remotely piloted aircraft Spherical free balloon Free balloon Non-spherical free balloon Non-power-driven Spherical captive balloon Captive balloon Non-spherical captive balloon Lighter-than-air aircraft Rigid airship Power-driven Airship Semi-rigid airship Non-rigid airship Aircraft Land glider Non-power-driven Glider / Kite Sea glider Landplane Heavier-than-air Aeroplane Seaplane aircraft Amphibian Land / Sea / Gyrocopter Amphibian gyroplanes Power-driven Rotocraft Land / Sea / Helicopter Amphibian helicopter Land / Sea / Ornithopter Amphibian ornithopter Table 1 – Classification of aircraft Issue: 1.00 4 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 2 – Application 19.2.1 Application to Maldivian Aircraft (a) Subject to the provisions of the Regulations, the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations shall apply: 1. to Maldivian aircraft whether within or outside the Maldives; 2. in so far as they prohibit, require or regulate the doing of anything by persons in, or by any of the crew of, any Maldivian aircraft, to such persons and crew whether within the Maldives or outside the Maldives; 3. to any person who holds a Maldivian aviation document whether within the Maldives or outside of the Maldives; and 4. to any person or aircraft to whom any Regulation is expressed to apply. 19.2.2 Application to Maldivian Controlled Aircraft The Chief Executive may, by order, apply such provisions of these Regulations as may be specified in the order to any foreign aircraft which is for the time being under the management of a person or persons who would be entitled to register the aircraft in the Maldives, and the order shall have effect as if reference in the provisions specified in it to Maldivian aircraft include references to that aircraft. 19.2.4 Application to Foreign Aircraft (a) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, and in particular to 19.2.2 and Subpart 10A, these regulations shall apply: 1. to foreign aircraft within the Maldives; and 2. in so far as they prohibit, require or regulate the doing of anything by persons on, or by any of the crew of any foreign aircraft to such persons while in the Maldives. 19.2.5 Maldivian Aircraft over the High Seas Whenever a Maldivian aircraft flies over the High Seas it shall comply with the Rules relating to Flight and Manoeuvre of Aircraft for the time being in force, specified in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention. Issue: 1.00 5 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 19.2.6 Maldivian Aircraft in other Countries Every person exercising the privileges of a Maldivian aviation document, and every Maldivian aircraft operating, in another country shall comply with the laws relating to civil aviation of that country. 19.2.7 Conflict of Laws Nothing in these regulations shall be construed as requiring a Maldivian aircraft or a person in or acting as member of the crew of a Maldivian aircraft or the holder of a Maldivian aviation document to contravene the law of another country where the aircraft or person is. 19.2.8 Contraventions Outside of the Maldives The holder of a Maldivian aviation document who, while exercising the privileges granted by the document, commits an act or omission outside the Maldives which if committed in the Maldives would be a contravention of a provision of these Regulations shall be deemed to have committed a contravention of the provision and may be prosecuted in the Maldives. 19.2.9 Foreign State Aircraft (a) The provisions of these Regulations shall apply to foreign state aircraft save and to the extent that such aircraft may be exempt by this Regulation from the provisions of these Regulations. (b) No foreign state aircraft may fly in the Maldives except with the permission of the Chief Executive and in accordance with the conditions of the permit which conditions may include a condition exempting the aircraft from complying with any provision of these Regulations. 19.2.10 Exceptions from application for certain classes of aircraft (a) This article applies to: 1. any balloon of not more than two metres in any linear dimension at any stage of its flight, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon; 2. any kite weighing no more than two kg; 3. any small unmanned aircraft; and 4. any parachute including a parascending parachute. (b) Subject to point (c) nothing in the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations applies to or in relation an aircraft to which this paragraph applies. Issue: 1.00 6 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (c) The provisions of MCAR-2 paragraph 3.1.1, MCAR-2 paragraph 3.1.9, 19.1.1, 19.3B.4, 19.3C.2, 19.15B.2, 19.15B.5, 19.15B.6, 19.15B.7 and 19.15B.8 apply to or in relation to an aircraft to which this Article applies. Issue: 1.00 7 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 3A – Administration 19.3A.1 Functions of the CAA (a) The principal functions of the CAA are specified in section 5 of Act 2/2012 (the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Act). 19.3A.2 The Chief Executive (a) The Chief Executive represents the Authority. (a) The Chief Executive is responsible for the administration and enforcement of Act 2/2012 (the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Act) and these regulations. 19.3A.3 Authorised Persons (a) The Chief Executive may authorise a person (whether by name or by class or description), either generally or in relation to a particular case or class of cases, to perform an inspection or to carry out other surveillance measures. (b) It shall be the duty of an authorised person to perform such an inspection, to carry out such measures, or to do both, as requested or directed by the Chief Executive. 19.3A.4 Delegation (a) The Chief Executive may delegate to an Authorised Person any of his powers and functions under these Regulations. 19.3A.5 Laws and Standards Incorporated by Reference (a) The Chief Executive may incorporate by reference the law of another country or a standard or recommended practice made under the Chicago Convention. (b) He may do so either by reference to or by publication of the text of, the law or standard or recommended practice, as the case may be and any law or standard or recommended practice so notified shall take effect as if it is a regulation. Issue: 1.00 8 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 19.3A.6 Exemptions (a) The Chief Executive may exempt from any of the provisions of these regulations or any other regulation made under Act 2/2012 any aircraft or persons or classes of aircraft or persons, subject to conditions as he thinks fit. Issue: 1.00 9 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 3B – Powers and Penalties 19.3B.1 Revocation, variation and suspension (a) Subject to paragraphs (e) and (f), the CAA may provisionally suspend or vary any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authorisation or other document issued, granted or having effect under any regulation issued by the CAA, pending inquiry into or consideration of the case. (b) The CAA may, on sufficient ground being shown to its satisfaction after due inquiry, revoke, suspend or vary any such certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption, authorisation or other document. (c) The holder or any person having the possession or custody of any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document which has been revoked, suspended or varied under this Regulation must surrender it to the CAA within a reasonable time after being required to do so by the CAA. (d) The breach of any condition subject to which any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document, other than an aerodrome licence, has been granted or issued or which has effect under any regulation issued by the CAA, in the absence of provision to the contrary in the document, renders the document invalid during the continuance of the breach. (e) The provisions of this article do not apply in relation to any permission to which section MCAR-19.10A.8 applies. (f) A flight manual, performance schedule or other document incorporated by reference in a certificate of airworthiness may be varied on sufficient ground being shown to the satisfaction of the CAA, whether or not after due inquiry. 19.3B.2 Production of Documents and Records (a) The commander of an aircraft must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person: 1. the certificates of registration and airworthiness in force for the aircraft; 2. the licences of its flight crew; and 3. any other documents which the aircraft is required by article 29 of the Chicago Convention to carry when in flight. Issue: 1.00 10 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (b) The operator of an aircraft registered in the Maldives must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person any of the documents or records specified in paragraph (c) which have been requested by that person. (c) The documents and records referred to in paragraph (b) are: 1. the radio licence, the certificates of airworthiness, the certificate of registration; 2. the aircraft log book, engine log books and propeller log books required under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations to be kept; 3. the weight schedule, if any; 4. in the case of a commercial air transport aircraft or aerial work aircraft, load sheet, technical log and those parts of the operations manual, if any, required to be carried on the flight; 5. the records of flight times, duty periods and rest periods which the operator is required to preserve, and such other documents and information in the possession or control of the operator, as the authorised person may require for the purpose of determining whether those records are complete and accurate; 6. any operations manuals required to be made available under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations; 7. the record made by any flight data recorder required to be carried by or under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations. (d) The holder of a licence granted or rendered valid or of a medical certificate required or of a medical declaration required under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause the licence, including any certificate of validation, the medical certificate or the medical declaration to be produced to that person. (e) During the period of two years beginning with the date of the last entry in it every person required to keep a personal flying log must cause it to be produced to an authorised person within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by that person. Issue: 1.00 11 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (f) The holder of an approval granted under Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations must, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by an authorised person, cause to be produced to that person any documents and records relating to that approval. 19.3B.3 Prohibitions in Relation to Documents and Records (a) A person must not with intent to deceive: 1. use any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document issued or required by or under a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation which has been forged, altered, revoked or suspended, or to which the person is not entitled; 2. lend any certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or any other document issued or having effect or required by or under a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation to, or allow it to be used by, any other person; or 3. make any false representation for the purpose of procuring for any person the grant, issue, renewal or variation of any such certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document. (b) In paragraph (a), a reference to a certificate, licence, approval, permission, exemption or other document includes a copy or purported copy. (c) A person must not intentionally damage, alter or render illegible: 1. any log book or other record required to be maintained by or a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation; or 2. any entry made in such a log book or record. (d) A person must not: 1. knowingly make, or procure or assist in the making of, any false entry in or material omission from any log book or record referred to in paragraph (c);or 2. destroy any such log book or record during the period for which it is required under a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation to be preserved. (e) All entries made in writing in any log book or record referred to in paragraph (c) must be made in ink or indelible pencil. Issue: 1.00 12 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (f) A person must not knowingly make in a load sheet any entry which is incorrect in any material particular, or any material omission from such a load sheet. (g) A person must not purport to issue any certificate for the purposes of any regulations made under a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation unless authorised to do so by the relevant legislation. (h) A person must not issue any certificate referred to in paragraph (g) unless satisfied that all statements in the certificate are correct. 19.3B.4 Power to prevent aircraft flying (a) If it appears to the CAA or an authorised person that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (b), the CAA or that authorised person may direct in accordance with paragraph (c). (b) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (a) are: 1. where any provision related to registration of aircraft, nationality and registration marks, Air Operator Certificate, Certificate of Airworthiness, required flight crew, flight crew licencing, loading of aircraft, carriage of dangerous good, carriage of weapons and munitions of war, carriage of sporting weapons or drunkenness in aircraft would be contravened in relation to the flight; 2. where the flight would be in contravention of any other provision of a regulation issued by the CAA and be a cause of danger to any person or property whether or not in the aircraft; or 3. where the aircraft is in a condition unfit for the flight, whether or not the flight would otherwise be in contravention of any provision of any regulation issued by the CAA. (c) If paragraph (a) applies the CAA or that authorised person may direct the operator or the commander of the aircraft not to permit the aircraft to make the particular flight or any other flight of such description as may be specified in the direction, until the direction has been revoked by the CAA or by an authorised person. (d) If the CAA or an authorised person has directed under paragraph (c), the CAA or an authorised person may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft. (e) For the purposes of this section the CAA or any authorised person may enter and inspect any aircraft. Issue: 1.00 13 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (f) An aircraft which has been grounded in accordance with paragraph ARO.RAMP.140 of MCAR-Air Operations and which has not subsequently been permitted to fly must not be flown. 19.3B.5 Right of Access and Inspections (a) The CAA and any authorised person has the right of access at all reasonable times: 1. to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting the aerodrome; 2. to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting any aircraft on the aerodrome or any document which it or the authorised person has power to demand under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations, or for the purpose of detaining any aircraft under the provisions of the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations; 3. to any place where an aircraft has landed, for the purpose of inspecting the aircraft or any document which it or the authorised person has power to demand under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations and for the purpose of detaining the aircraft under the provisions of the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations; 4. to any building or place where aircraft or aircraft components are produced, maintained or held in storage, or any documents related to that activity; 5. to any building or place from which an air traffic control service is being provided or where any air traffic service equipment requiring approval is situated for the purpose of inspecting: i. any equipment used or intended to be used in connection with the provision of a service to an aircraft in flight or on the ground; or ii. any document or record which it or the authorised person has power to demand under the Maldivian Civil Aviation regulations. 6. to any building or place to which access is necessary for the purpose of carrying out his powers and duties under the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations. Issue: 1.00 14 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (b) The CAA may cause such inspections, investigations, tests, experiments and flight trials to be made as it deems necessary for the purposes of Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations. (c) An authorised person has the power to inspect and copy any certificate, licence, log, declaration, document or record which the authorised person has the power under this regulation or any regulations made under Act 2/2012 to require to be produced. 19.3B.6 Obstruction of Persons A person must not intentionally obstruct or impede any person who is exercising a power or performing a duty under a Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulation. 19.3B.7 Directions and Directives (a) Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any direction or directive given to that person under any provision of this regulation or any regulation made under Act 2/2012 is deemed for the purposes of section 19.3B.8 to have contravened that provision. (b) Where any provision of this regulation or any regulations made under Act 2/2012 gives to a person the power to direct, the person to whom such a power is given also has the power to revoke or vary any such direction or directive. 19.3B.8 Offences and Penalties (a) Subject to paragraph (b), if any provision of this regulation or any regulation made under Act 2/2012 is contravened in relation to an aircraft, the operator of that aircraft and the commander and, in the case of commercial operations by foreign registered aircraft, the charterer, is (without prejudice to the liability of any other person for that contravention) deemed for the purposes of the following provisions of this section to have contravened that provision. (b) A person will not be deemed to have contravened a provision specified in paragraph (a) if the person proves that the contravention occurred without that person’s consent or connivance and that that person exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention. (c) If it is proved that an act or omission of any person which would otherwise have been a contravention by that person of a provision of this regulation or any regulation made under Act 2/2012 was due to any cause not avoidable by the exercise of reasonable care by that person, the act or omission will be deemed not to be a contravention by that person of that provision. Issue: 1.00 15 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (d) If a person is charged with contravening a provision of this regulation or any regulation made under Act 2/2012 by reason of that person having been a member of the flight crew of an aircraft on a flight for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work, the flight is to be treated (without prejudice to the liability of any other person under this regulation) as not having been for that purpose if the person proves that they neither knew nor suspected that the flight was for that purpose. (e) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in 19.18.1 is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 20,000.00. (f) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in 19.18.2 is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 50,000.00. (g) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in 19.18.3 is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 100,000.00. (h) Any person who contravenes any provision of the Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations not specified in Subpart 18 is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 5,000.00. Issue: 1.00 16 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 3C – Prohibited Behaviour 19.3C.1 Endangering safety of an aircraft A person must not recklessly or negligently act in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft, or any person in an aircraft. 19.3C.2 Endangering safety of any person or property A person must not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property. 19.3C.3 Drunkenness in aircraft (a) A person must not enter any aircraft when drunk, or be drunk in any aircraft. (b) A person must not, when acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft or being carried in any aircraft for the purpose of acting as a member of the crew, be under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to impair their capacity so to act. 19.3C.4 Smoking in aircraft (a) Smoking shall not be permitted on any commercial flights undertaken by a Maldivian AOC holder. (b) Notices indicating smoking is prohibited must be exhibited so as to be visible from each passenger seat. (c) Announcements shall be made, both in Dhivehi and English, at the commencement of each flight stated in paragraph (a), informing all passengers that smoking is prohibited. 19.3C.5 Authority of commander of an aircraft Every person in an aircraft must obey all lawful commands which the commander of that aircraft may give for the purpose of securing the safety of the aircraft and of persons or property carried in the aircraft, or the safety, efficiency or regularity of air navigation. 19.3C.6 Acting in a disruptive manner A person must not while in an aircraft: 1. use any threatening, abusive or insulting words towards a member of the crew of the aircraft; Issue: 1.00 17 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 2. behave in a threatening, abusive, insulting or disorderly manner towards a member of the crew of the aircraft; or 3. intentionally interfere with the performance by a member of the crew of the aircraft of the crew member’s duties. 19.3C.7 Stowaways A person must not secrete himself or herself for the purpose of being carried in an aircraft without the consent of either the operator or the commander or of any other person entitled to give consent to being carried in the aircraft. Issue: 1.00 18 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 3D – Appeal 19.3D.1 Appeal to Minister Appeals shall be made in accordance with regulation 2015/R-169 “Appeal Committee of the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority”. Issue: 1.00 19 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 4 – (Reserved) Issue: 1.00 20 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 5 19.5.1 Certificate of airworthiness to be in force (a) Subject to paragraph (b), an aircraft must not fly unless there is in force for the aircraft a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered or the State of the operator, and any conditions subject to which the certificate was issued or rendered valid are complied with. (b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) does not apply to an aircraft flying in accordance with a permit to fly issued in accordance with MCAR-21. Issue: 1.00 21 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subparts 6, 7, 8, 9 – (Reserved) Issue: 1.00 22 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 10A – Conditions of Flight (Foreign Aircraft) 19.10A.1 Aircraft of Contracting States An aircraft which possesses the nationality of a Contracting State shall not fly within, or depart from the Maldives unless it complies with the provisions of these Regulations which are expressed to apply to such aircraft and with the relevant requirements of the Chicago Convention, in particular those with respect to the documents to be carried. 19.10A.2 Non-scheduled flight by aircraft of Contracting States Subject to these Regulations, an aircraft that possesses the nationality of a Contracting State may, subject to the observance of the terms of the Chicago Convention and the provisions of these Regulations, fly in transit non-stop across the Maldives, or land in the Maldives for non-traffic purposes, in the course of an international non-scheduled flight, after obtaining permission at least 72 hours prior to operation of the flight. 19.10A.3 Exemptions on patents and similar claims (a) This section applies to any foreign aircraft possessing the nationality of a Contracting State and accordingly references in this section to foreign aircraft are references solely to the aforesaid aircraft. (b) The lawful entry into the Maldives, or the lawful transit across the Maldives, with or without landings, of a foreign aircraft shall not entail:- 1. seizure or detention of the aircraft; 2. the bringing of proceedings against the owner or operator of the aircraft; or 3. any other interference with the aircraft, by or on behalf of the Maldives or any person in the Maldives on the ground that the construction, mechanism, parts, accessories or operation of the aircraft is or are an infringement of any patent, design or model. (c) The importation into, and storage in, the Maldives of spare parts and spare equipment for any foreign aircraft and the use and installation of those spare parts and spare equipment shall not entail:- 1. the seizure or detention of the aircraft or of the spare parts or spare equipment; 2. the bringing of proceedings against the owner or operator of the aircraft or against the owner of the spare parts or spare equipment; or 3. any other interference with the aircraft, or with the spare parts or spare equipment, Issue: 1.00 23 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements by or on behalf of the Maldives or any person in the Maldives, on the ground that the spare parts or spare equipment or their installation are or is an infringement of any patent, design or model. (d) Paragraph (c) does not apply in relation to spare parts or spare equipment which are sold or distributed within the Maldives or are exported from the Maldives for sale or distribution.

19.10A.4 Aircraft of non-contracting states (a) A foreign aircraft which does not possess the nationality of a Contracting State shall not make a flight into the Maldives unless the Chief Executive has approved the flight. (b) In giving an approval under paragraph (a), the Chief Executive may impose such conditions and requirements as to the flight as he thinks fit, including conditions and requirements as he considers necessary to ensure compliance with the general principles of the Chicago Convention. 19.10A.5 Foreign air carrier permits (a) A foreign aircraft shall not take on board or discharge any passengers or cargo in the Maldives, being passengers or cargo carried or to be carried for reward, except:- 1. with the permission of the Chief Executive granted under this Regulation to the operator or the charterer of the aircraft or to the Government of the country the nationality of which the aircraft possesses; and 2. in accordance with any conditions to which such permission may be subject to. (b) Any breach by a person to whom a permission has been granted under sub- paragraph (a)1 of any condition to which the permission was subject to shall constitute a contravention of this Regulation. (c) A permission granted under sub-paragraph (a)1 is referred to in these Regulations as a foreign air carrier permit. 19.10A.6 Restrictions on air photography and survey by foreign aircraft (a) A foreign aircraft shall not fly in the Maldives for the purpose of air photography or air survey (whether or not reward is given or promised in respect of the flight) or for the purpose of any other form of aerial work except with the permission Issue: 1.00 24 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements of the Chief Executive granted to the operator or charterer of the aircraft and in accordance with any conditions to which such permission may be subject to. (b) Any breach by a person to whom permission has been granted under paragraph (a) of any condition to which that permission was subject to shall constitute a contravention of this Regulation. (c) A permission granted under paragraph (a) is referred as to a foreign air survey permit. 19.10A.7 Detention of foreign aircraft (a) If it appears to the Chief Executive or any authorized person that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in contravention of regulation 19.10A.3 or 19.10A.4, the Chief Executive or that authorized person may direct the operator or the pilot-in-command of the aircraft that he is not to permit the aircraft to make the particular flight or any other flight of such description as may be specified in the direction until the direction has been revoked by the Chief Executive or by an authorized person, and the Chief Executive or any authorized person may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft. (b) For the purpose of this Regulation the Chief Executive or any authorized person may enter any aerodrome and may enter and inspect any aircraft. 19.10A.8 Revocation, suspension or variation of permits (a) The Chief Executive may revoke, suspend or vary any foreign air carrier or foreign air survey permit and any approvals, or authorizations of or consents to any matter which the Chief Executive has granted, or is deemed to have granted, in pursuance of a permit which he has so granted. Any such permit and approval, authorization or consent so granted is hereinafter referred to in this Regulation as a permit. (b) The Chief Executive may exercise his powers under paragraph (a) only after notifying the permit holder of his intention to do so. But if by reason of the urgency of the matter it appears necessary to him to do so the Chief Executive may provisionally suspend or vary a permit and thereafter give the notice and shall then either: 1. revoke the provisional suspension or variation of the permit; or 2. substitute a definitive revocation, suspension or variation which, if a definitive suspension, may be for the same or a different period as the Issue: 1.00 25 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements provisional suspension (if any) or, if a definitive variation, may be in the same or different terms as the provisional variation (if any). (c) The powers referred to in this subpart may be exercised by the Chief Executive whenever, in his judgment and whether or not by reason or anything done, or not done by, or otherwise connected with, the permit holder, it is expedient that the permit holder should not enjoy, or no longer enjoy, the rights conferred upon him by a permit or should enjoy them subject to such limitations and qualifications as the Chief Executive may determine, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing the powers may be exercised by the Chief Executive if it appears to him that: 1. the permit holder has committed a breach of any condition to which the permit is subject; 2. any agreement between the Government of Maldives and the Government of another country in pursuance of which or on reliance on which the permit was granted is no longer in force or that the other Government has committed a breach thereof; 3. the permit holder, or the Government of the country with which the Government of Maldives has an agreement as aforesaid, or the aeronautical authorities of the country concerned:- i. have acted in a manner which is inconsistent with or prejudicial to the operation in good faith, according to its object and purpose, of any such agreement; or ii. have engaged in unfair, discriminatory or restrictive practices to the prejudice of the holder of a permit granted under MCAR-Air Operations in his operation of air services to or from places in the country concerned; 4. The permit holder (the permit having been granted to a person designated by the Government of a country other than the Maldives for the purposes of such an agreement) is no longer so designated or that person has so conducted himself, or that such circumstances have arisen in relation to him, as to make it expedient to disregard or qualify the consequences of his being so designated. (d) The permit holder or any person having the possession of any permit which has been revoked, suspended or varied shall surrender it to the Chief Executive upon being required to do so. (e) The breach of any condition subject to which a permit has been granted shall render the permit invalid during the continuance of the breach. Issue: 1.00 26 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (f) Reference in this Regulation to the permit holder is references to the person to whom a permit has been granted or is deemed to have been granted. Issue: 1.00 27 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 10B – Conditions of Flight (All Aircraft) 19.10B.1 Entry and departure of international flights An aircraft arriving in the Maldives from a place outside the Maldives or departing from the Maldives for a place outside the Maldives shall comply with all applicable laws including laws relating to the entry or clearance of passengers, crew, cargo, immigration, passports, customs and quarantine. 19.10B.2 International aircraft to take off and land at designated airports (a) Subject to such exceptions as the Chief Executive may make: 1. An aircraft arriving in the Maldives from a place outside the Maldives shall land at an aerodrome designated as an international airport; and 2. An aircraft departing from the Maldives for a place outside Maldives shall take off from an aerodrome designated as an international airport. (b) The Chief Executive may designate as an international airport any aerodrome at which facilities are available for the formalities incident to customs, immigration, and quarantine and other requirements in connection with the arrival or departure, from the Maldives, of aircraft and details of international airports shall be published in Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP). 19.10B.3 Prohibited, restricted and danger areas (a) Where the Chief Executive considers it necessary in the public interest to restrict or prohibit flying by reason of: 1. the intended gathering or movement of a large number of persons; or 2. the intended holding of an aircraft race or contest or of an exhibition of flying; or 3. the flight of aircraft interfering, or being a potential interference, with the environment or public amenity; or 4. national security or other reason affecting the public interest; the Chief Executive may by a Declaration in writing prohibit, restrict or impose conditions on, the flight of any aircraft. (b) Particulars of any such Declaration shall be published forthwith in NOTAMs and, if appropriate, AIP. The particulars shall include: 1. the boundaries of the airspace affected by the Declaration; 2. any conditions or restrictions specified in the Declaration; and Issue: 1.00 28 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 3. any other information necessary to the safety of aircraft engaged in air navigation. (c) If the pilot-in-command of an aircraft becomes aware the aircraft is flying in contravention of any Declaration made for the reasons referred to in paragraph (a) (4), he shall unless otherwise instructed by the appropriate air traffic control unit cause the aircraft to leave the airspace to which the Declaration relates by flying to the least possible extent within the airspace and the aircraft shall not begin to descend while in such airspace. (d) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft flying either within an airspace for which a Declaration has been made for any of the reasons referred to in paragraph (a) (4) or within an airspace notified as a danger area shall forthwith comply with instructions given by the appropriate air traffic control unit or the authority responsible for safety within that airspace. (e) In this Regulation danger area means airspace which has been notified as such within which activities dangerous to the flight of aircraft may take place or exist at such times as may be notified. 19.10B.4 Carriage of munitions of war (a) An aircraft shall not carry any munition of war unless such munition is carried with the permission of the Chief Executive. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to take on board an aircraft or to deliver or to cause to be delivered for carrying on an aircraft, any goods which he knows or has reason to believe or suspect to be munitions of war unless the operator of the aircraft has permission under paragraph (a) to carry those goods for that person. (c) For the purposes of this Regulation “munition of war” means any weapon, ammunition or article containing an explosive or any noxious liquid, gas or other thing which is designed for use in warfare or against persons including parts for such weapon, ammunition or article. Issue: 1.00 29 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 11 – (Reserved) Issue: 1.00 30 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 12 – Air Traffic Services 19.12.1 Provision of air traffic services (a) A person in charge of the provision of an air traffic control service must not provide such a service for Maldivian airspace or airspace outside the Maldives for which the Maldives has, under international arrangements, undertaken to provide air navigation services unless that person has been given and complies with the terms of an air traffic control approval granted by the CAA. (b) The CAA may grant an air traffic control approval if it is satisfied that the applicant is competent to provide a service which is safe for use by aircraft, having regard to the applicant’s organisation, staffing, equipment, maintenance and other arrangements. (c) A person must not provide an air traffic control service at any place unless: 1. the service is provided in accordance with the standards and procedures specified in a manual of air traffic services for that place; 2. the manual is produced to the CAA within a reasonable time after a request for its production is made by the CAA; and 3. such amendments or additions are made to the manual as the CAA may from time to time require. (d) The CAA may, in the interests of safety, direct the person in charge of an aerodrome that there must be provided for that aerodrome such an air traffic control service, a flight information service or a means of two way radio communication as the CAA considers appropriate. (e) The CAA may, in the interests of safety, direct the holder of a licence to provide air traffic services that there must be provided, for airspace specified in paragraph (a), such an air traffic control service, a flight information service or a means of two way radio communication as the CAA considers appropriate. (f) the CAA may, in the interests of ensuring the efficient use of airspace or to require that air traffic services are provided to a standard considered appropriate by the CAA for the airspace classification, direct any person in charge of the provision of air traffic services to provide air traffic services for Maldives airspace. (g) The CAA may specify in the direction the periods during which, the times at which, the manner in which and the airspace within which such service or such means must be provided. Issue: 1.00 31 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (h) The person who has been directed must cause such a service or means to be provided in accordance with the direction. (i) A person must not cause or permit any air traffic service equipment to be established or used in the Maldives otherwise than under and in accordance with an approval granted by the CAA to the person in charge of the equipment. (j) An approval may be granted under paragraph (i) if the CAA is satisfied: 1. as to the intended purpose of the equipment; 2. that the equipment is fit for its intended purpose; and 3. that the person is competent to operate the equipment. Issue: 1.00 32 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subparts 13, 14 – (Reserved) Issue: 1.00 33 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 15A – Operation of Aircraft 19.15A.1 Requirement for an Air Operator Certificate A person must not operate an aircraft registered in the Maldives for an operation specified in MCAR-Air Operations ORO.GEN.005 otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) or an authorisation granted to the operator of the aircraft by the CAA. 19.15A.2 Submission of the proposal (a) For the grant of an AOC, the applicant shall first make a written proposal to the Chief Executive. This shall include: 1. name, nationality and full address of the applicant; 2. type of air transport services proposed; 3. potential need for the proposed service; 4. the type of aircraft and the manner in which the aircraft was/will be obtained; 5. areas of operation including proposed routes, flight schedule and frequency; 6. applicant’s organisational structure; 7. the financial information specified in 19.15A.3; 8. proposed main base of operations and any other secondary stations. 9. availability of seat kilometres proposed to be deployed in each category of the routes/region; and 10. the facilities that will be used. (b) In case of a company or a corporate body, the following additional information shall be furnished with the proposal: 1. name of the company/corporate body including details of registration; 2. details of any other businesses the company is engaged in; 3. names and Nationalities of the Board of Directors; 4. details of the shareholding of the company; 5. percentage of share of the company held by foreign nationals; 6. a copy each of the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association; 7. objectives of the organization particularly with regard to proposed air transport operations; and 8. details of experience in civil aviation activities. Issue: 1.01 34 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (c) 1. Applicant intending to conduct international air transportation services shall provide evidence, to the satisfaction of the Authority, that substantial ownership and effective control is vested with Maldivian nationals or Government of the Maldives. 2. Companies/Corporate bodies having more than 50% of the shares with Maldivian nationals or the Maldivian Government will be considered to have fulfilled the requirement for substantial ownership. (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above and 19.15A.3, the applicant for variation of an AOC shall submit only the information as required by CAA on a case-by-case basis. 19.15A.3 Financial information (a) Details of the following financial information that shall be provided with the proposal: 1. if the applicant was incorporated more than 12 months before the submission of this proposal, the most recent audit report including statement of profit and loss, statement of financial position, and statement of cash flows, together with accompanying notes or qualifications; Note: - Here “most recent" means, for example if the financial year is from January 1st to December 31st: i. if the proposal is submitted before 1st July 2022, the audit report of the financial year 2020; ii. if the proposal is submitted on or after 1st July 2022, the audit report the financial year 2021. 2. internal management accounts prepared for the period between the most recent audit report and the 30th day prior to the date of the proposal; 3. if the information stated in paragraphs 1 and 2 above does not demonstrate the financial viability of the applicant to the satisfaction of CAA: i. additionally, acceptable proof of the financial ability of the shareholders; ii. if the applicant is part of a corporate group, additionally, the information stated in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, pertaining to the group of companies; 4. projected statement of financial position and statement of profit and loss for the following three years, including key assumptions, any relevant explanatory notes, and details of projected annual flying hours; 5. projected statement of cash flows which disclose a breakdown of receipt and payment items with estimates for each item as prescribed in the application Issue: 1.01 35 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements form CAD/AT-09 (AOC Application Assessment Form (Cash Flow Summary Statement)) and liquidity plans for the following three years; 6. financing of aircraft purchase/leasing, including, in the case of leasing, the terms and conditions of contract; 7. existing and projected sources of finance, including acceptable proof of the financial ability of the applicant for the startup and to run the proposed operation for the first year. Note: - Here “acceptable proof of the financial ability” includes bank guarantees, bank comfort letters, or other equivalent document acceptable to CAA. 19.15A.4 Approval of the proposal and grant of no-objection letter (a) The CAA may grant a no-objection letter, within 30 days of the submission of the proposal, if it is satisfied that the applicant is competent to provide a service which is safe, having regard to the applicant’s experience, organisation, financial position and market research. (b) The CAA may refuse to grant a no-objection letter if it is not satisfied the applicant is competent to provide a service which is safe or it is inexpedient in the public interest to issue such a letter. (c) Where the CAA has refused to grant a no-objection letter, the CAA shall serve on the applicant a notice stating the reasons for the notice within 30 days of the application. (d) The applicant shall, within 12 months of the issue of the no-objection letter, submit the AOC application form and complete all the processes necessary for the grant of an air operator certificate. (e) The no-objection letter will become invalid after 12 months. 19.15A.5 Operating statistics and financial data (a) All air transport undertakings granted with a certificate under these regulations shall submit the following statistical information in a form and manner as determined by the Chief Executive: 1. Traffic; 2. On-flight origin and destination; 3. Traffic by fleet stage; 4. Fleet and personnel; 5. Financial data. Issue: 1.01 36 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (b) All operators of licenced aerodromes shall submit the following statistical information in a form and manner as determined by the Chief Executive: 1. Traffic; 2. Financial data. (c) Providers of Air Navigation Services in the Maldives shall submit the following statistical information in a form and manner as determined by the Chief Executive: 1. Enroute services traffic data; 2. Air Navigation Services financial data. 19.15A.6 Confidentiality of statistical information and financial data (a) The CAA or any person employed by the CAA shall not communicate to any person outside the CAA any financial information provided under 19.15A.5 except: 1. with the consent of the provider; or 2. in accordance with Article 67 of the Chicago Convention; or 3. pursuant to a statutory requirement. (b) The CAA will provide to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation statistics that relate to international air transport operations. 19.15A.7 Accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility (a) 1. A holder of an Aerodrome Licence shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of CAA, that accessibility is provided at that aerodrome free of charge for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobilities. 2. An applicant for an Aerodrome Licence shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of CAA, capability to provide accessibility at that aerodrome, for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobilities (b) 1. A holder of an AOC shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of CAA, that accessibility is provided free of charge for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility, on all routes permitted for that AOC holder. 2. An applicant for an AOC shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of CAA, capability to provide accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility, on all proposed routes. Issue: 1.01 37 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements GM 19.15A.7(a)1. Accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility Free of charge means no extra charge in addition to the ticket and applicable taxes should be levied on the passenger for the provision of help and assistance provided covering the following:  journey through the departure airport;  boarding the aircraft and during the flight;  disembarking the aircraft;  transferring between flights;  journey through destination airport. 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance (a) An applicant of an AOC shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the CAA, their capability to carry passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance, in accordance with applicable Regulations, on each route specified in the AOC, during their operational hours. This includes the following: 1. Passengers requiring medical oxygen; 2. Passengers on stretchers. (b) A holder of an AOC shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the CAA, before 14th May 2023, their capability to carry passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance, in accordance with applicable Regulations, on each route specified in the AOC, during their operational hours. This includes the following: 1. Passengers requiring medical oxygen; 2. Passengers on stretchers. AMC 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance (a) Capability to carry passengers with medical needs can be demonstrated by establishing an arrangement to carry such passengers using aircraft operated by another AOC holder. For example, AOC holder #1 can make an arrangement with AOC holder #2 to carry passengers on an aircraft operated by AOC holder #2. In this case: 1. AOC holder #2 does not have to be an airline which operates scheduled flights to the airport in question; 2. AOC holder #1 still retains the legal obligation, while a contractual obligation is created for AOC holder #2. (b) The arrangement shall be in the form of a written agreement between the respective AOC holders. Issue: 1.01 38 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements GM 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical needs and requiring assistance “In accordance with applicable Regulations” means, for example, if an operator wishes to install a stretcher, such a modification should be approved in accordance with MCAR- 21. Issue: 1.01 39 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 15B – Specialised Operations 19.15B.1 Towing, picking up and raising of persons and articles Subject to the provisions of this article, an aircraft in flight must not, by means external to the aircraft, tow any article, other than a glider, or pick up or raise any person, animal or article, unless: 1. there is a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid for that aircraft under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered; and 2. that certificate or the flight manual for the aircraft includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose 19.15B.2 Dropping of articles and animals (a) Articles and animals (whether or not attached to a parachute) shall not be dropped, or permitted to drop, from an aircraft in flight so as to endanger persons or property. (b) Except under and in accordance with the terms of an AOC or an authorisation granted under MCAR-Air Operations, animals (whether or not attached to a parachute) shall not be dropped, or permitted to drop, to the surface from an aircraft flying over the Maldives. The above sub-paragraph shall not apply to the dropping of articles by, or with the authority of, the pilot-in-command of the aircraft in any of the following circumstances: 1. the dropping of articles for the purpose of saving life; 2. the jettisoning, in case of emergency, of fuel or other articles in the aircraft; 3. the dropping of ballast in the form of fine sand or water; 4. the dropping of articles solely for the purpose of navigating the aircraft in accordance with ordinary practice or with the provisions of the regulations; 5. the dropping to an aerodrome of tow ropes, banners, or similar articles towed by aircraft; 6. the dropping of articles for the purpose of public health or a measure against weather conditions or oil pollution or for training for the dropping of articles for any such purposes, if the articles are dropped with the permission of the Chief Executive in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may have been given; or 7. the dropping of wind drift indicators for the purpose of enabling parachute descents to be made if the wind drift indicators are dropped Issue: 1.00 40 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements with the permission of the Chief Executive and in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may have been given. (c) For the purposes of this Regulation dropping includes projecting and lowering. (d) Nothing in this Regulation shall prohibit the lowering of any article or animal from a helicopter to the surface, if the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of the helicopter under the law of the country in which it is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose. 19.15B.3 Dropping of persons (a) A person shall not drop, be dropped or permitted to drop to the surface or jump from an aircraft flying in the Maldives except under and in accordance with the terms of a written permission granted by the Chief Executive. (b) For the purpose of this article dropping includes projecting and lowering. (c) Notwithstanding the grant of a permission under paragraph (a), a person shall not drop, be dropped or be permitted to drop from an aircraft in flight so as to endanger persons or property. (d) An aircraft shall not be used for the purpose of dropping persons unless the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of that aircraft under the law of the country in which the aircraft is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose and the aircraft is operated in accordance with the written permission granted by the Chief Executive under this regulation. (e) Every applicant for and every holder of a permission shall make available to the Chief Executive if requested to do so a parachuting manual and shall make such amendments or additions to such manual as the Chief Executive may require. The holder of a permission shall make available to every employee or person who is or may engage in parachuting activities conducted by him the manual which shall contain all such information and instructions as may be necessary to enable such employees or persons to perform their duties. (f) Nothing in this Regulation:- 1. shall apply to the descent of persons in an emergency; 2. shall prohibit lowering of any person in an emergency or for the purpose of saving life; Issue: 1.00 41 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 3. shall prohibit the lowering of any person from a helicopter to the surface, if the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of the helicopters under the law of the country in which it is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose. 19.15B.4 Exhibitions of flying (a) No person shall act as the organizer of an exhibition of flying at an organized event except with a permission granted by the Chief Executive and in compliance with any conditions specified therein. (b) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft and any other pilot thereof flying in an exhibition of flying for which a permission has been granted shall comply with any conditions of the permission relating to the flight of the aircraft. (c) An aircraft shall not fly in any exhibition of flying unless there is in force a permission granted under paragraph (a). (d) This Regulation shall not apply to an aircraft race or contest or to an aircraft taking part in such a race or contest or to the pilot thereof whether or not such race or contest is held in association with an exhibition of flying. 19.15B.5 Lighter than air aircraft, gliders and kites A lighter than air aircraft, a glider or a kite shall not be flown in the Maldives except with a permission granted by the Chief Executive and in accordance with any conditions subject to which the permission is granted. 19.15B.6 Tethered balloons, kites and air ships (a) Within the Maldives:- 1. a captive balloon or kite shall not be flown at a height of more than 60 metres above the ground level or within 60 meters of any vessel, vehicle or structure; 2. a captive balloon shall not be flown within 5 km of an aerodrome; 3. a balloon exceeding 2 metres in any linear dimension at any stage of its flight, including any basket or other equipment attached to the balloon, shall not be flown in controlled airspace; 4. a kite shall not be flown within 5 km of an aerodrome; Issue: 1.00 42 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 5. an airship shall not be moored; 6. a glider or parascending parachute shall not be launched by winch and cable or by ground tow to a height of more than 60 meters above ground level; without the permission in writing of the Chief Executive and in accordance with any condition subject to which that permission may be granted. (b) A captive balloon when in flight shall be securely moored, and shall not be left unattended unless it is fitted with a device which ensures its automatic deflation if it breaks free of its moorings. 19.15B.7 Small unmanned aircraft (a) A person must not cause or permit any article or animal (whether or not attached to a parachute) to be dropped from a small unmanned aircraft so as to endanger persons or property. (b) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft may only fly the aircraft if reasonably satisfied that the flight can safely be made. (c) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must maintain direct, unaided visual contact with the aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions. (d) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft which has a mass of more than 7kg excluding its fuel but including any articles or equipment installed in or attached to the aircraft at the commencement of its flight, must not fly the aircraft: 1. in Class A, C, D or E airspace unless the permission of the appropriate air traffic control unit has been obtained; 2. within an aerodrome traffic zone during the notified hours of watch of the air traffic control unit (if any) at that aerodrome unless the permission of any such air traffic control unit has been obtained; or 3. at a height of more than 400 feet above the surface unless it is flying in airspace described in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) and in accordance with the requirements for that airspace. Issue: 1.00 43 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (e) The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must not fly the aircraft for the purposes of aerial work except in accordance with a permission granted by the CAA. 19.15B.8 Small unmanned surveillance aircraft (a) The person in charge of a small unmanned surveillance aircraft must not fly the aircraft in any of the circumstances described in paragraph (b) except in accordance with a permission issued by the CAA. (b) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (a) are: 1. over or within 150 metres of any congested area; 2. over or within 150 metres of an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons; 3. within 50 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft; or 4. subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), within 50 metres of any person. (c) Subject to paragraph (d), during take-off or landing, a small unmanned surveillance aircraft must not be flown within 30 metres of any person. (d) Paragraphs (b)(4) and (c) do not apply to the person in charge of the small unmanned surveillance aircraft or a person under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft. (e) In this subpart ‘a small unmanned surveillance aircraft’ means a small unmanned aircraft which is equipped to undertake any form of surveillance or data acquisition. Issue: 1.00 44 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 16 – Protection of the Environment 19.16.1 Requirement of a noise certificate (a) An aircraft shall not land or take off in the Maldives unless in respect of the aircraft there is in force a noise certificate issued or validated by the competent authority of the country whose nationality the aircraft possesses to standards the same as or substantially equivalent to those prescribed in pursuance of the Chicago Convention. (b) This Regulation applies to aircraft to which the aforesaid standards prescribed in pursuance of the Chicago Convention are expressed to apply. (c) A Maldivian aircraft shall when in flight, whether within the Maldives or elsewhere, carry a noise certificate which is required by MCAR-21 to be in force in respect of that aircraft. (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), provided the flight is intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome, the certificate may be kept at that aerodrome. 19.16.2 Fuel venting and smoke emission requirements (a) An aircraft shall not land or take off in the Maldives unless the aircraft or the engines fitted to the aircraft are of a type which have been certified as complying with the requirements relating to fuel venting and smoke emissions by the competent authority of a Contracting State to standards the same as or substantially equivalent to those prescribed in pursuance of the Chicago Convention. (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) do not apply to: 1. an aircraft which is powered by gas turbine engines whose date of manufacture was on or before 1 May 1986 or in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness was first issued on or before 1 May 1986; 2. every turbo jet and turbo fan engine whose date of manufacture was on or before 1 May 1986. (c) In case of paragraph (b), the aircraft shall be fitted with the engine specified in the certification. 19.16.3 Suppression of aircraft noise and vibration (a) For the purpose of limiting or mitigating the effect of noise or vibration caused by aircraft, whether landing, taking off, or on an aerodrome, the Chief Executive may: Issue: 1.00 45 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements 1. direct the operator of an aircraft which is to take off or land at an aerodrome to secure that, after the aircraft takes off, or, as the case may be, before it lands at an aerodrome, such requirements as specified in the notice are complied with; 2. direct the operator of an aircraft which is within an aerodrome to secure compliance with such directions with respect to the taxying of the aircraft and the running of engines (whether installed in an aircraft or otherwise) as are specified in the directive; or 3. prohibit aircraft from taking off or landing at an aerodrome during certain periods, or limit the number of occasions on which they may take off and land at an aerodrome during certain periods. (b) The Chief Executive may, if he is satisfied that any requirement in a directive published under subparagraph (a)1 or (a)3 has not been complied with in respect of an aircraft, cause withdrawal of the facilities for use of the aerodrome from the operator of the aircraft for such period as the Chief Executive determines. (c) If it appears to the Chief Executive that an aircraft is about to take off in violation of a prohibition or limitation imposed under sub-paragraph (a)3 any person authorized by the Chief Executive for the purpose may detain the aircraft for such period as that person considers appropriate for preventing the violation. Issue: 1.00 46 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements Subpart 17 – Medical Oxygen 19.17.1 Scope This Subpart prescribes how an oxygen generator may be used on board an aircraft for a passenger requiring medical oxygen other than in the event of an in-flight emergency. 19.17.2 Equipment (a) The holder of an AOC may allow a passenger to carry or operate equipment used for the storage, generation or dispensing of oxygen when the equipment is: 1. furnished by the AOC holder; 2. of an approved type or is in conformity with the manufacturing, packaging, marking, labelling and maintenance requirements; 3. maintained in accordance with an approved maintenance programme; 4. free of flammable contaminants on all exterior surfaces; 5. capable of providing a minimum mass flow of four litres of oxygen per minute to the user; and 6. constructed so that all valves, fittings and gauges are protected from damage. (b) The equipment shall be installed in accordance with MCAR-21 or appropriately secured without hindering the emergency exits. (c) Equipment that stores liquid oxygen shall be under the AOC holder’s approved maintenance programme since new or since the storage container was last purged. (d) Equipment that stores gaseous oxygen shall be under the AOC holder’s approved maintenance programme since new or since the last hydrostatic test of the storage cylinder. (e) The pressure in any oxygen cylinder shall not exceed the rated cylinder pressure. 19.17.3 Use of Medical Oxygen (a) The pilot-in-command must be advised when the equipment is on board, and when it is intended to be used. Issue: 1.00 47 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (b) Each person using the equipment must have a medical need to use it evidenced by a written statement to be kept in that person’s possession, signed by a licensed physician which specifies the maximum quantity of oxygen needed each hour and the maximum flow rate needed for the pressure altitude corresponding to the pressure in the cabin of the airplane under normal operating conditions. (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to carriage of oxygen in an airplane in which the only passengers carried are persons who may have a medical need for oxygen during flight, no more than one relative or other interested person for each of those persons, and medical attendants. (d) The total quantity of oxygen carried must be equal to the maximum quantity of oxygen needed each hour, as specified in the physician’s statement, multiplied by the number of hours used to compute the amount of airplane fuel required. (e) The equipment must be stowed and each person using the equipment must be seated, so as not to restrict access to or use of any required emergency or regular exit or of the aisle in the passenger compartment. 19.17.4 Precautions (a) No person may smoke, and no certificate holder may allow any person to smoke, within 10 feet of the oxygen storage and dispensing equipment. (b) No certificate holder may allow any person other than a person trained to connect or disconnect oxygen dispensing equipment or any other ancillary component to or from gaseous oxygen cylinder while any passenger is aboard the airplane. (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to the carriage of supplemental or first aid oxygen as specified in MCAR-Air Operations. 19.17.5 Derogations (a) This Subpart does not apply when the equipment is furnished by a professional or medical emergency service for professional or medical emergency service for use on board an aircraft in a medical emergency when no other practical means of transportation (including any other properly equipped certificate holder) is reasonably available and the person carried under medical emergency is accompanied by a person trained in the use of medical oxygen. Issue: 1.00 48 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section A – Technical Requirements (b) Each certificate holder who, under the authority of paragraph (a), deviates from the requirements of the Subpart shall, within 10 working days, after the deviation, send to the CAA a complete report of the operation involved, including a description of the deviation and the reasons for it. Issue: 1.00 49 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions Section B — ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS Issue: 1.01 50 30 September 2020 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions Subpart 18 - Penalties 19.18.1 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (e) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in this point is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 20,000.00. Regulatory Provision Subject Matter MCAR-47.25 Unqualified person not to cause or permit aircraft to be used for commercial air transport, public transport or aerial work 21.A.723 Aircraft to fly in accordance with conditions in a Permit to Fly MCAR-47.45 Certificate of registration to be returned MCAR-47.45 Registered owner to inform the CAA of specified events MCAR-21.A.727 Compliance with conditions and restrictions of a permit to fly MCAR-M.A.306 Carriage and keeping of maintenance statement MCAR-M.A.306 Preservation of maintenance statement MCAR-M.A.305 Preservation of weight schedule MCAR-Air Ops ER 3(a) Pilot to be secured in seat MCAR-Air Ops ER 3(a) Operator not to permit helicopter rotor to be turned unless pilot at controls MCAR-Air Ops ER 8(a) Requirements for accident prevention and flight safety programme CAT.POL.MAB.105 Person supervising loading to prepare and sign load sheet and submit it for examination by commander CAT.GEN.MPA.180 Carriage and preservation of load sheet ORO.MLR.115 MCAR-Air Ops ER 2(a) Carriage of baggage CAT.IDE.H.295 Requirement to wear a survival suit MCAR-Air Ops Documents to be carried 19.3B.2 Production of documents and records 19.3B.5 Production of air traffic service equipment documents and records M.A.305 Preservation of documents MCAR-2 para 2.3 Requirement to inform CAA of departure from Rules of the Air Act 2/2001 Art 24(a) Not to act as air traffic controller or student air traffic controller where exam etc. failed 21.A.180 Inspections to be permitted by holder of airworthiness certificate 21.A.439 Production of repair parts 21.A.441 Repair embodiment Instructions for continued airworthiness by holder of repair design 21.A.449 approval 21.A.721 Inspections to be allowed by holder of, or applicant for, a permit to fly 21.A.729 Record keeping by the holder of the approval of the flight conditions 21.A.805 Identification of critical parts M.A.307 Transfer of aircraft continuing airworthiness records M.A.401 Use of current maintenance data M.A.402 Performance of maintenance M.A.501 Installation of components M.A.502 Component maintenance Issue:

1.01 51 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions M.A.504(b), (c) and (d) Control of unserviceable components M.A.611 Maintenance standards M.A.614 Maintenance records to be kept by maintenance organisation M.A.617 Notification of changes to the maintenance organisation M.A.713 Notification of changes to the continuing airworthiness organisation M.A.714 Record keeping by continuing airworthiness organisation M.A.902(c) Airworthiness review certificate to be returned 145.A.85 Notification of changes to the organisation 147.A.110 Records of instructors, examiners and assessors 147.A.125 Records 147.A.150 Notification of changes to the maintenance training organisation SPA.LVO.125 Low visibility operations – operating procedures SPA.LVO.130 Low visibility operations – minimum equipment CAT.OP.MPA.240 Smoking on board CAT.OP.MPA.245/246 Meteorological conditions CAT.OP.MPA.250 Commander not to take off unless external surfaces are clear CAT.OP.MPA.260 Fuel and oil supply CAT.OP.MPA.265 Take-off conditions CAT.OP.MPA.285 Use of supplemental oxygen CAT.OP.MPA.300 Approach and landing conditions CAT.OP.MPA.305 Commencement and continuation of approach ORO.MLR.110 Requirement for journey log ORO.GEN.130 Changes to organisations ORA.ATO.120 Record keeping CAT.GEN.MPA.100(b) Crew members’ reporting and compliance responsibilities CAT.GEN.MPA.100(b)(4) Flight duty, duty and rest period records and (5) CAT.GEN.MPA.190 Provision of documentation and records CAT.OP.MPA.245 Meteorological conditions CAT.OP.MPA.250(b) Commander not to take off unless external surfaces are clear CAT.OP.MPA.260 Fuel and oil supply CAT.OP.MPA.265 Take-off conditions CAT.OP.MPA.285 Use of supplemental oxygen CAT.OP.MPA.300 Approach and landing conditions CAT.OP.MPA.305(b) Commencement and continuation of approach ORO.MLR.110 Requirement for journey log SPA.LVO.125(b) Low visibility operations-operating procedures SPA.LVO.130(b) Low visibility operations-minimum equipment 19.3B.1 Failure to return certificate after revocation or surrender 139.20, 139.24, 139.30 Failure to provide information, to notify changes or to comply with requirements or with provisions of aerodrome manual 139.77 Failure to establish an adequate system of record keeping or to keep records 139.18 to 139.20 Requirement to supply information 19.3B.1 Requirement to surrender document to CAA Issue: 1.01 52 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions 19.18.2 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (f) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in this point is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 50,000.00. Regulatory Provision Subject Matter MCAR-47.15 Aircraft to be registered MCAR-47.50 Aircraft not to fly unless it has nationality and registration marks MCAR-47.50 Aircraft not to bear misleading marks M.A.303 Compliance with airworthiness directives M.A.302 Requirement to be maintained in accordance with approved maintenance programme 145.A.50 / M.A.801 Requirement for certificate of release to service for an aircraft CAT.POL.MAB.100 Requirement for weighing and determining centre of gravity M.A.902(b) Aircraft not to fly in specified circumstances MCAR-Air Ops ER 5 Requirements for aircraft to carry equipment MCAR-Air Ops ER 7 Required flight crew and cabin crew ORO.FC.100 Compliance with direction to carry additional crew CAT.GEN.MPA.100 Person not to act as member of flight crew when unfit MCAR-Aircrew ER 1(h-j) Requirements for giving of flying instruction MCAR-Air Ops ER 8(b) / Operations manual requirements ORO.MLR.100 MCAR-Air Ops ER 2(a)3 Pre-flight action by commander of aircraft MCAR-Air Ops ER 2 Commander to be satisfied that flight can be safely completed MCAR-Air Ops ER 2 Passenger briefing MCAR-Air Ops ER 2 Commander to ensure demonstration of emergency equipment MCAR-Air Ops ER 3(a)3 Commander to ensure crew, passengers and baggage secure MCAR-Air Ops ER 3(a)2 Pilots to remain at controls ORO.GEN.110(d-g) Operator’s responsibilities in relation to crew CAT.OP.MPA.135 Operator’s responsibilities in relation to routes and aerodromes CAT.POL.MAB.100 Operator’s duty concerning loading of aircraft CAT.POL.A.() Requirements to comply with aircraft performance and operating limitations CAT.IDE.A.155 Requirement for operation of airborne collision avoidance system CAT.OP.MPA.295 Requirements for training in operation of airborne collision avoidance system 19.3C.4 Smoking in aircraft 19.3C.5 Requirement to comply with lawful commands of commander of aircraft 19.3C.6(1)(a) and (b) Acting in a disruptive manner 19.3C.7 Stowaways 19.15A.7 Accessibility for passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility 21.A.727 Obligations of the holder of a permit to fly M.A.202 Occurrence reporting M.A.303 Carrying out airworthiness directives M.A.305 Aircraft continuing airworthiness record system M.A.306 Operator’s technical log system Issue: 1.01 53 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions M.A.708 Continuing airworthiness management M.A.710 Conduct of airworthiness review 145.A.50 Certification of release to service for maintenance 145.A.55 Maintenance records to be kept by organisation approved under MCAR-145 145.A.60 Occurrence reporting CAT.GEN.MPA.105(a) Responsibilities of commander (7), (8), (10) and (12) CAT.GEN.MPA.195(a)-(e) Preservation, production and use of flight recorder recordings CAT.GEN.MPA.200(e) Reporting of dangerous goods incidents and accidents CAT.OP.MPA.175(b) Flight preparation by commander CAT.OP.MPA.210(a)(1) and (2) Flight crew to remain at station CAT.OP.MPA.225 Crew and passengers to be secured SPA.PBN.100 Requirement for Performance Based Navigation approval SPA.MNPS.100 Requirement for Minimum Navigation Performance Specification approval SPA.RVSM.100 Requirement for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum approval SPA.LVO.100 Requirement for low visibility operations approval SPA.ETOPS.100 Requirement for extended range operations approval Issue: 1.01 54 30 March 2023 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations MCAR-19 Transitional Rules Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Section B – Enforcement Actions 19.18.3 Provisions referred to in 19.3B.8 (g) Any person who contravenes any provision specified in this point is liable to an administrative fine not exceeding MVR 100,000.00. Regulatory Subject Matter Provision 19.15A.1 Aircraft not to fly for public transport without AOC 19.15A.1 Offering commercial air transport and public transport flights without AOC 19.5.1 Aircraft not to fly without a certificate of airworthiness 19.10B.4 Requirements for carriage of munitions of war 19.3C.2 Endangering safety of any person or property 19.3C.3 Drunkenness in aircraft 19.3C.6 (a)3 Intentional interference 19.3B.3 (except (b) & Prohibitions in relation to documents and records (e)) 19.3B.4 (c) Flight in contravention of CAA’s direction not to fly 19.3B.4 (d) Grounded aircraft not to fly 19.15A.8 Accessibility for passengers with medical assistance M.A.201 (a) and (b) Responsibilities of owner or lessee M.A.201 (d) Responsibilities of the pilot in command or operator M.A.201 (e) & (f) Responsibilities of continuing airworthiness management organisation M.A.201 (h) Obligations of commercial air transport operator M.A.201 (i) Obligations of certificated operator M.A.402 Aircraft defects to be rectified M.A.902 (b) Aircraft not to fly if airworthiness review certificate invalid CAT.GEN.MPA.155/160 Prohibition on carrying on board sporting weapons or munitions of war CAT.GEN.MPA.155 Requirements for carriage of munitions of war CAT.GEN.MPA.155 Prohibition on carriage of sporting weapon or munition of war where passengers have access CAT.GEN.MPA.100 (c) Crew member’s obligation not to fly in dangerous state of fatigue ORO.FTL.110 Operator’s obligations for flight and duty time limitations and rest scheme CAT.GEN.MPA.200 Operator to comply with Technical Instructions SPA.DG.100 Operator to hold approval to transport dangerous goods Issue: 1.01 55 30 March 2023