Application of Order to the Crown and visiting forces, etc

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the provisions of this Order shall apply to or in relation to aircraft belonging to or exclusively employed in the service of Her Majesty, not being military aircraft, as they apply to or in relation to other aircraft which are registered in the Colony or are capable of being so registered and for the purposes of such application the Department or other authority for the time being responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of the aircraft shall be deemed to be the operator of the aircraft and in the case of an aircraft belonging to Her Majesty, to be the owner of the interest of Her Majesty in the aircraft, etc. provided that nothing in this Article shall render liable to any penalty any Department or other authority responsible on behalf of Her Majesty for the management of any aircraft. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided the naval, military and air force authorities and members of any visiting force and property held or used for the purpose of such a force shall be exempt from the provisions of this Order and of any regulations made thereunder to the same extent as if, were there serving in the Colony forces of Her Majesty raised in the United Kingdom, the visiting force formed part of those forces. (3) Save as otherwise provided by paragraph (4) of this Article, paragraph (1) of Article 56, and Article 64 of this Order, nothing in this Order shall apply to or in relation to any military (4) Where a military aircraft is flown by a civilian pilot and is not commanded by a person who is acting in the course of his duty as member of any of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces or as a member of a visiting force, the following provisions of this Order shall apply on the occasion of that flight, that is to say, Articles 37, 38, 39, 57 and 68 and in addition Article 56 (so far as applicable) shall apply.