Hong Kong Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (HONG KONG) ORDER 1995 - SECT 16

Aircraft weight schedule

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) Every flying machine and glider in respect of which a certificate of
airworthiness issued or rendered valid under this Order is in force shall be
weighed, and the position of its centre of gravity determined, at such times
and in such manner as the Governor may require or approve in the case of that
aircraft.

(2) Upon the aircraft being weighed as aforesaid the operator of the aircraft
shall prepare a weight schedule showing:

   (a)  either the basic weight of the aircraft, that is to say, the weight of
        the aircraft empty together with the weight of unusable fuel and
        unusable oil in the aircraft and of such items of equipment as are
        indicated in the weight schedule, or such other weight as may be
        approved by the Governor in the case of that aircraft; and

   (b)  either the position of the centre of gravity of the aircraft when the
        aircraft contains only the items included in the basic weight or such
        other position of the centre of gravity as may be approved by the
        Governor in the case of that aircraft.

(3) Subject to the provisions of Article 61 of this Order the weight schedule
shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until the expiration of a
period of 6 months following the next occasion on which the aircraft is
weighed for the purposes of this Article.