Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1988 NO. 158 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS - REG 11

11. (1) Where the holder of a certificate of registration in respect of an
Australian aircraft:

   (a)  ceases to have an interest, or acquires a different interest, in the
        aircraft; or

   (b)  in the case of a holder whose certificate of registration was issued
        by virtue of subregulation 8 (3) or subregulation (3) of this
        regulation-becomes aware that another person who had an interest as
        owner, purchaser under a hire-purchase agreement, hirer or charterer
        in the aircraft has ceased to have that interest; the holder shall,
        within 2 weeks thereafter, forward to the Authority:

   (c)  a notification giving the nationality mark and the registration mark
        of the aircraft and setting out to the best of his or her knowledge:

        (i)    the nature of the change of interest that has occurred;

        (ii)   the date of the change; and

        (iii)  the names and addresses of the persons affected by the change;
               and

   (d)  if the certificate of registration of the aircraft is in the
        possession of the holder-the certificate of registration of the
        aircraft.

(2) A person who has acquired an interest as owner, purchaser under a
hire-purchase agreement, hirer or charterer in an Australian aircraft shall,
within 2 weeks after acquiring that interest, forward to the Authority a
notification giving the nationality mark and the registration mark of the
aircraft and setting out:

   (a)  the nature of the interest;

   (b)  the manner in which, and the date on which, the interest was acquired;

   (c)  the name and address of the previous owner of the interest; and

   (d)  his or her own name and address.

(3) Where a notification under subregulation (2) is forwarded by 2 or more
persons who, jointly or in common, have acquired an interest as owner,
purchaser under a hire-purchase agreement, hirer or charterer in an Australian
aircraft, those persons shall, in the notification, nominate one of them as
the person to whom the Authority should issue the new certificate of
registration in respect of the aircraft.

(4) Where the Authority is satisfied of the truth of a statement forwarded to
the Authority by a person under this regulation in respect of an aircraft, the
Authority shall:

   (a)  make the necessary changes in the registration in respect of the
        aircraft; and

   (b)  issue a new certificate of registration in respect of the aircraft to:

        (i)    where the aircraft is not an aircraft referred to in
               subparagraph (ii) or (iii)-the owner of the aircraft;

        (ii)   where the aircraft (not being an aircraft referred to in
               subparagraph (iii)) is the subject of a contract of hire or
               charter (including a hire-purchase agreement) the effect of
               which is that the control, maintenance and operation of the
               aircraft is, or is to be, vested in a party to the
               contract-that party; or

        (iii)  where the aircraft, being the subject of a hire-purchase
               agreement, is also the subject of a further contract of hire or
               charter between the purchaser under the hire-purchase agreement
               and another person the effect of which is that the control,
               maintenance and operation of the aircraft is, or is to be,
               vested in that other person-that other person;
being, in a case where a nomination has been made under subregulation (3), the
person so nominated.