(1) A person shall not fly or operate an aircraft in or over Saint Lucia unless it is so equipped as to comply with the law of the State in which it is registered.
(2) In the case of an aircraft registered in Saint Lucia or operated by the holder of an air operator certificate issued pursuant to these Regulations, the instruments and equipment required to be provided, in addition to any other equipment required by or under these Regulations, shall be that specified in Part 7 of the Schedule as are applicable in the circumstances and shall comply with the provisions of that Part and the equipment, shall be of a type approved by the Authority either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or in relation to that aircraft and shall be installed in a manner so approved.
(3) In any particular case, the Authority may direct that an aircraft registered in Saint Lucia or operated by the holder of an air operator certificate issued pursuant to these Regulations, shall carry such additional or special equipment or supplies as the Authority may specify for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of the aircraft, the carrying out of search and rescue operations, or the survival of the persons carried in the aircraft.
(4) The equipment carried in compliance with this Regulation shall be so installed or stowed and kept stowed, and so maintained and adjusted, as to be readily accessible and capable of being used by the person for whose use it is intended.
(5) The position of equipment provided for emergency use shall be indicated by clear markings in or on the aircraft and in particular in every aircraft operated by the holder of an air operator certificate issued pursuant to these Regulations.
(6) The holder of an air operator certificate shall provide for each passenger individually, or if the Authority so permits in writing, exhibited in a prominent position in every passenger compartment, a notice relevant to the aircraft in question containing the pictorial required by the provisions of Part 9 of the Schedule.
(7) All instruments and equipment installed or carried in an aircraft, whether or not in compliance with this Regulation, shall be so installed or stowed and so maintained and adjusted as not to be source of danger in itself or to impair the airworthiness of the aircraft or the proper functioning of any equipment or services necessary for the safety of the aircraft.
(8) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (2), all navigational equipment when carried in an aircraft registered in Saint Lucia (whether or not in compliance with these Regulations) shall be of a type approved by the Authority either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or in relation to that aircraft and shall be installed in a manner so approved.
(9) An aircraft registered in Saint Lucia, or operated by the holder of an air operator certificate issued pursuant to these Regulations, engaged on a flight for the purpose of commercial air transport shall carry navigational equipment in accordance with the requirements or air traffic services in the areas of operation as required by Part 7 of the Schedule, approved by the Authority under the requirements of the applicable Parts and used in accordance with any conditions subject to which that approval may have been given.