Persons authorised to operate

Radio apparatus installed in an aircraft shall not be operated for the purpose of sending morse or spoken messages otherwise than by a licenced flight radio operator and in accordance with the privileges attaching to his licence, provided that234 Civil Aviation (a) if a licenced flight radio operator has become incapacitated during a flight the person in command of the aircraft may, as a temporary measure, authorise a person not licenced for the purpose to work the apparatus for sending and receiving distress, urgency and safety messages, messages relating thereto and messages or signals regarding the navigation of the aircraft; (b) the Governor may, at his discretion, grant permission to particular persons, or to persons of such classes or description as he may specify, not being licenced flight radio operators, to operate radio apparatus in aircraft for sending spoken messages to aeronautical stations in Belize, or to aircraft flying within Belize, on frequencies above 60 mc/s. that are not regarded internationally as frequencies to be used by aircraft on international flights. Any such apparatus worked by unlicenced operators shall be incapable of easy adjustment for changing frequencies to any other than those for which the apparatus is licenced, and shall be worked in accordance with such conditions as may be attached to the permission. Telecommunicati on log books.