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26. Refusal or discontinuance of registration
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26.   Refusal or discontinuance of registration

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    (1)   Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, an aircraft shall not be registered or continue to be registered in Saint Lucia if it appears to the Authority that—

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      (a)     the aircraft is registered outside Saint Lucia and that such registration does not cease by operation of law upon the aircraft being registered in Saint Lucia;

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      (b)     an unqualified person holds any legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in the aircraft or any share therein;

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      (c)     it would be inexpedient in the public interest for the aircraft to be or to continue to be registered in Saint Lucia; or

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      (d)     the aircraft does not qualify for the issue of a certificate of airworthiness in accordance with the provisions of regulation 33.

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    (2)   Subject to sub-regulation (3), the following persons shall be qualified to hold a legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in an aircraft registered in Saint Lucia or a share therein—

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      (a)     the Government of Saint Lucia;

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      (b)     a citizen or permanent resident of Saint Lucia or other such persons as the Authority shall approve;

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      (c)     a company incorporated in Saint Lucia under the Companies Act and having its principal place of business in Saint Lucia.

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    (3)   If a person, other than a person referred to in sub-regulation (2), holds a legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in an aircraft, or a share therein, the Authority, upon being satisfied that the aircraft may otherwise be properly so registered, may register the aircraft in Saint Lucia and such person shall not cause or permit the aircraft, while it is registered pursuant to this paragraph to be used for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work.

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    (4)   If an aircraft is sold under a contract of hire-purchase, let on hire or chartered by demise to a person qualified under sub-regulation (2), the Authority may, whether or not that person is entitled as owner to a legal or beneficial interest therein, register the aircraft in Saint Lucia in the name of the hire purchaser, lessee or charterer upon being satisfied that the aircraft may otherwise be properly so registered, and subject to the provisions of this regulation the aircraft may remain so registered during the continuation of the contract, lease or charter.

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    (5)   Subject to subregulations (3) and (4), if at any time after an aircraft has been registered in Saint Lucia a person referred to in subregulation (3) becomes entitled to a legal or beneficial interest by way of ownership in the aircraft or a share therein, the registration of the aircraft shall thereupon become void and the certificate of registration shall forthwith be returned by the registered owner to the Authority.

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    (6)   In this Regulation references to an interest in an aircraft do not include references to an interest in an aircraft to which a person is entitled only by virtue of his or her membership of a flying club and the reference in subregulation (5) to the registered owner of an aircraft includes in the case of a deceased person, his or her legal personal representative, and in the case of a body corporate which has been dissolved, its successor.

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