Hong Kong Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) (CERTIFICATION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9

Powers of the Director

(1) The Director may require the owner or operator of an aircraft-

   (a)  in respect of which an application has been made under regulation 4;
        or

   (b)  in respect of which a noise certificate is in force, to make the
        aircraft available for inspection at any reasonable time and place,
        and may inspect the aircraft when so made available or cause it to be
        inspected, for the purpose of determining whether it complies with or
        continues to comply with, as the case may be, the relevant standards
        of noise.

(2) The Director may, in the course of inspecting an aircraft, require and
permit such tests to be carried out in relation to the aircraft, including
tests carried out while it is in flight, as are necessary for determining
whether the aircraft complies with the relevant standards of noise.