(1) A person shall not operate an aircraft pursuant to these Regulations unless the aircraft complies with the minimum instrument and equipment requirements of Part 7 of the Schedule, and in the case of a holder of an air operator certificate, the approved minimum equipment list, for the route, altitude, and type of operations being conducted.
(2) The Authority may, subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit, grant in respect of any aircraft or class of aircraft registered in Saint Lucia an authorization to allow such aircraft to commence a flight in specified circumstances notwithstanding that any specified item of equipment, including radio apparatus, required pursuant to these Regulations to be carried in the circumstances of the intended flight is not carried or is not in a fit condition for use.
(3) An aircraft registered in Saint Lucia or operated by the holder of an air operator certificate issued pursuant to these Regulations shall not commence a flight if any of the equipment, including radio apparatus, required by or under these Regulations to be carried in the circumstances of the intended flight is not carried or is not in a fit condition for use—
(a) otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of a special authorization which has been granted to the operator;
(b) unless in the case of an aircraft to which the flight and operations manuals required thereby contain the particulars specified for such operations; and
(c) in accordance with a minimum equipment list approved by the Authority, identifying the minimum equipment and condition for an aircraft to maintain the certificate of airworthiness in force and defining operational procedures necessary to deal with inoperative equipment and prescribing maintenance procedures necessary to maintain the required level of safety and secure any inoperative equipment.