(1) A person shall not drop, be dropped or permitted to drop to the surface or jump from an aircraft flying over Saint Lucia except under and in accordance with the terms of an authorization granted by the Authority for that purpose.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “dropping” includes projecting and lowering.
(3) Notwithstanding the grant of an authorization pursuant to subregulation (1), a person shall not drop, be dropped or be permitted to drop from an aircraft in flight so as to endanger persons or property.
(4) An aircraft shall not be used for the purpose of dropping persons unless the certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid in respect of that aircraft under the law of the State in which the aircraft is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose and the aircraft is operated in accordance with the authorization granted by the Authority for that purpose.
(5) Every applicant for and every holder of an authorization pursuant to sub-regulation (1) shall make available to the Authority if requested to do so, a parachuting manual and shall make such amendments or additions to such manual as the Authority may require.
(6) The holder of an authorization shall make available to every employee or person who is or may engage in parachuting activities conducted by that holder, the manual which shall contain all such information and instructions as may be necessary to enable such employees or persons to perform their duties.
(7) Without prejudice to any other provision of these Regulations the Authority may, for the purpose of this Regulation, accept reports furnished to the Authority by a person whom the Authority may approve, subject to such conditions as the Authority thinks fit, as qualified to furnish such reports.
(8) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to the descent of persons by parachute from an aircraft in an emergency.
(9) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the lowering of any person in an emergency or for the purpose of saving life.
(10) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the lowering of any person from a helicopter to the surface in Saint Lucia, if the certificate of airworthiness in respect of the helicopter under the law of the State in which it is registered includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose.