Requirements for radio apparatus

(1) Except as provided in this regulation, radio apparatus shall not be installed in any aircraft unless the apparatus and the installation thereof comply with the following requirements– (a) the apparatus shall be of a type approved in writing by the Governor as satisfying “British Civil Airworthiness Requirements” and as being suitable for the purpose for which it is intended to be used; (b) the apparatus shall have been constructed, tested and inspected in accordance with all relevant requirements of “British Civil Airworthiness Requirements” in a manner approved in writing by the Governor; and (c) the apparatus shall be installed in the aircraft in a manner approved in writing by the Governor as complying with all relevant of the “British Civil Airworthiness Requirements”. Any such approval given for the purpose of this requirement shall remain in force for such period, not exceeding twelve months, as may be shown therein, but may be renewed from time to time on application to the Governor, 220 Civil Aviation provided that the requirements of this paragraph shall not be deemed to apply to self-contained portable receivers which are not attached physically or connected electrically to the aircraft or its electrical system. (2) Where radio apparatus manufactured elsewhere than in the United Kingdom is installed in an aircraft and in respect of such apparatus a document has been issued by the competent authorities of the State in which it was manufactured certifying that the apparatus is of a type approved by them, the Governor may, if he is satisfied that the apparatus has been designed and constructed to standards not lower than those required in respect of similar types of apparatus manufactured in the United Kingdom, and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, confer on such documents the same validity as if it had been issued in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1)(a)of this regulation. The provisions of paragraph (1)(c) of this regulation shall apply to such apparatus and to the installation of such apparatus in the aircraft.