(1) Without prejudice to any other provision of these Regulations the Authority may, for the purpose of personnel licensing as provided in this Chapter and in Part 2 of the Schedule, and subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit—
(a) approve any course of training or instruction;
(b) authorise a person to conduct such examinations or tests as the Authority may specify;
(c) approve a person to provide or conduct any course of training or instruction;
(d) approve a person as qualified to furnish reports to the Authority and to accept such reports; and
(e) certify an aviation training organisation.
(2) Where any provision of these Regulations permits a test to be conducted in a flight simulator approved by the Authority, that approval may be granted subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit.