Continuous watch

Except that watch may be discontinued for reasons of safety (e.g. danger of lightning or danger arising from a defect in the aircraft station as mentioned in regulation 17) and subject to the provisions of regulation 18 – (a) every aircraft required by Part II of these Regulations to be equipped with radio apparatus; and (b) every aircraft, whether registered in Belize or elsewhere, flying in circumstances which require it to communicate with Air Traffic Control in order to comply with the Rules of the Air in Schedule II to the Order, shall carry out a continuous watch on the calling frequency in use in the area flown over, unless it has been exempted therefrom by the aeronautical station with which it is in communication.