2Commencement

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 May 2003.

3 Amendment of Civil Aviation Regulations 1998

  Schedule 1 amends the Civil Aviation Regulations 1998.

4 Amendment of Civil Aviation Regulations 1988

  Schedule 2 amends the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

5 Transitional — persons holding certain licences

old licence means an air traffic controller licence or a flight service officer licence issued under CAR 1988 and in force (or suspended) immediately before this regulation commenced.

 (2) A person who, immediately before this regulation commenced, held an old licence (including a licence that is suspended) is taken to hold a corresponding licence issued under Part 65 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1998.

 (3) A rating, endorsement or qualification endorsed on an old licence is taken to continue in force for the period during which it would have been in force but for that Part of those Regulations.

 (4) A licence that a person is taken to hold under subregulation (2), or a rating, endorsement or qualification mentioned in subregulation (3), may be suspended or cancelled as if it had been granted under that Part of those Regulations.

 (5) An old licence that, immediately before this regulation commenced, was suspended is taken, after the commencement of this regulation, to continue to be suspended.

 (6) For the purposes of action against the holder of an old licence mentioned in subregulation (5), the amendments of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 by regulation 4 and Schedule 2 are to be disregarded.