Hong Kong Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) (CERTIFICATION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Exemptions

(1) Section 3 of the Ordinance shall not apply to an aircraft which lands or
takes off in Hong Kong-

   (a)  where this is necessary for the safety of any aircraft or any of its
        passengers;

   (b)  where, as a result of operational necessity, passengers or goods are
        being carried in that aircraft, being an aircraft of a type not
        normally used for that carriage, and the Director authorizes such
        aircraft to land or take off;

   (c)  while it is being tested with the permission of the Director for the
        purpose of determining whether the aircraft complies with the relevant
        standards of noise; or

   (d)  while it is being tested with the permission of the Director in
        connection with the issue or re-issue of a certificate of
        airworthiness by any competent authority, whether of Hong Kong or
        elsewhere.

(2) In this regulation "aircraft" (飛機) means an aircraft to which section
3 of the Ordinance would, but for this regulation, apply.

"aircraft" (飛機)