Rules of the air and air traffic control

(1) Every person and every aircraft shall comply with such of the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control contained in the Twelfth Schedule to this Order as may be applicable to that person or aircraft in the circumstances of the case. (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article, it shall be an offence to contravene, to permit the contravention of, or to fail to comply with, the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic (3) It shall be lawful for the Rules of the Air and Air traffic Control to be departed from to the extent necessary– (a) for avoiding immediate danger; or (b) for complying with the law of any country other than the Colony within which the aircraft then is. (4) If any departure from the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control is made for the purpose of avoiding immediate danger, the commander of the aircraft shall cause written particulars of the departure, and of the circumstances giving rise to it, to be given within ten days thereafter to the competent authority of the country in whose territory the departure was made or if the departure was made over the high seas, to the Governor. (5) Nothing in the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Control shall exonerate any person from the consequences of any neglect in the use of lights or signals or of the neglect of any Civil Aviation 387 precautions required by ordinary aviation practice or by the special circumstances of the case. (6) The Governor may for the purpose of promoting the safety of aircraft make regulations as to special signals and other communications to be made by or an aircraft, as to the course on which and the height at which an aircraft shall fly and as to any other precautions to be observed in relation to the navigation and control of aircraft which the Governor may consider expedient for the purpose aforesaid and no aircraft shall fly in contravention of any such regulations.