Night rating

(1) A night rating may be included in a licence and shall entitle the holder, subject to the privileges attaching to the licence, to act as pilot in charge of flying machines carrying passengers on flights made by night, provided that the holder of a licence which includes a night rating shall not (except in a case where the licence also includes a rating entitling him to act as instructor or an assistant instructor in the flying of flying machines and he is flying for the purpose of so acting) exercise the privileges of such night rating unless he has, within the immediately preceding six months, carried out as pilot in charge of a flying machine not less than five take-offs and five landings by night. (2) An applicant for a night rating shall be required to produce satisfactory evidence that he has carried out in an aeroplane not less than fifty hours’ flying as pilot, comprising– (a) flying training under a competent instructor in a dual controlled aeroplane; (b) at least twenty-five hours’ flying as pilot in charge of the aeroplane; (c) at least five hours’ instruction in instrument flying; and Civil Aviation 125 (d) at least five hours’ night flying, including not less than five nights as pilot in charge, carried out to the satisfaction of a competent instructor within the six months immediately preceding the date of the application, provided that a maximum of two and a half hours’ instrument flying training carried out on the ground in approved devices may be accepted in part satisfaction of the requirement specified at (c) in this paragraph. (3) The evidence normally required with respect to the flying experience specified at (c) in this paragraph shall consist of a certificate issued by a person who holds a flying machine pilot’s licence including an instructor’s rating.