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‘Air navigation regulations for civil aircraft for the territory of Koweit, and conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Koweit, approved by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad al-Jabir As-Sabah, KCIE, CSI, Ruler of Koweit.’ [‎1r] (1/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in c 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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P.Z. 4125/34.
A.IR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS for Civil Aircraft for tliG Territory oi
Koweit, and Conditions governing: the use of the Aerodrome at Koweit, approved
by His Excellency Sheikh Sir Ahmad Al-Jabir As-Sabah, K.O.I.E., C.S.I.,
Ruler of Koweit.
I.—Air Navigation Regulations for Civil Aircraft.
1. Ah c rait shall not fly over or land in the territory of Koweit, except under
a special authorisation issued by His Excellency the Sheikh.
2. Aircraft so authorised, when flying over or landing in the territory of Koweit
shall comply with the following general regulations in addition to such other
supplementary conditions as may be specified in the authorisation.
3.—(i) The aircraft shall be registered and bear the prescribed nationality and
registration marks painted on the aircraft in the prescribed manner.
(n) The aircraft shall be certified as airworthy in the prescribed manner, and any
terms oi conditions on or subject to which the certificate of airworthiness was granted
shall be duly complied with.
(iii) 1 he personnel of the^ aircrait shall be of the prescribed number and
description and shall be provided with the prescribed certificates of competencv
and licences. J
i ( ; V) ^ eie s ^ ia ^ carried in the aircraft the prescribed documents and journey
log book kept up to date in the prescribed form and manner. In addition if the
aircraft carries passengers, there shall be carried a list of their names and, if it carrier
freight, bills of lading and manifest in respect thereof.
(v) In this regulation "prescribed" means prescribed by the law of the State on
whose register the aircraft is entered.
4. The ciirciaft shall not use as a place of landing or departure any place other
than the aerodrome at Koweit.
Ihe published conditions governing the use of the Koweit aerodrome shall be
observed.
i 5. The aircraft and the persons on board shall conform to such orders as mav be
lawfully given by any authorised person.
6. Personnel of the aircraft required to be provided with licences shall on demand
produce their licences for the inspection of any authorised person
The person in charge of the aircraft shall on demand by an authorised person
produce any prescribed certificate, licence or log book relating to the aircraft and if
it carries passengers or freight, the list of names and the bills of lading and manifest
respectively.
7. Any authorised person shall have the right of access at all reasonable times
to any aircraft for the purpose of carrying out his powers and duties under these
regulations.
. £ he a i rcra ^ shall comply with the Rules as to lights and signals and rules for
air traffic prescribed in Annex D of the Convention for the Regulation of Aeml
Navigation, dated 13th October 1919.
9. Ihe aircraft shall comply in customs matters with the provisions of Annex II
oi the aforesaid Convention.
10 Ihe aircraft and the persons on board shall immediately on arrival from
abroad and prior to departure for abroad submit to the sanitarv formalities prescribed
by the rublic Health Administration.
11. The time of the intended arrival from abroad and of departure for abroad
from Koweit Aerodrome shall be notified beforehand to the Customs, Public Health
and Police Administrations.
12. Persons on board aircraft shall be in possession of valid national passports to
be produced on demand to any authorised person. Through passengers not breakino-
journey will not require transit visas. Passengers breaking journey or leaving the
aerodrome will need visas for th6 State. * "
. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the laws and regulations for the
time being in force in Koweit concerning the entry into and departure from Koweit of
3003 b ' 100 8.34

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Air navigation regulations (PZ 4125/34) for civil aircraft flying over and landing at Kuwait [spelt Koweit throughout], dated 23 May 1934, with conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait, approved by the ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ.

The air navigation regulations cover: authorisation for aircraft flying over or landing in Kuwait; requirements for aircraft registration, certification, personnel and documentation; submission of licenses by aircraft personnel on the demand of the Kuwait authorities; compliance of aircraft with lights and signal regulations, as prescribed in the Convention for Regulation of Aerial Navigation (13 October 1919); access to aircraft by authorised personnel; submission of visitors to procedure prescribed by the Public Health Administration on arrival and departure; notification of intended arrival and departure to the Customs, Public Health and Police Administrations; passport and visa requirements for passengers; declaration of laws applying to the import and export of goods by land and sea being equally applicable to those goods arriving and departing by air; use of law in the event of contravention of regulations.

Conditions governing the use of the aerodrome at Kuwait cover: no acceptance of liability for damage or loss of aircraft, goods or mail, or injury to passengers and aircraft personnel; landing and accommodation fees; fuel and lubricant supplies and their charges. Under the conditions are two schedules: 1) landing fees, assessed according to the maximum weight authorised by the aircraft’s airworthiness certificate; 2) housing fees, assessed according to the span and maximum length of the aircraft. An appendix includes text for the form used for the special authorisation of aircraft to land in and fly over Kuwait.

At the top of the first page there two reference numbers, created using a combination of black ink and red stamp: ‘B 441’ and ‘D 289’. The latter of these reference numbers has been struck through with black ink.

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2 folios
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Foliation: The paper is foliated 1 to 2, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of both rectos.

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