(1) The Director-General in consultation with the Minister, may by legislative instrument, make Regulations for

(a) the registration of aircraft in the Republic;

(b) the examination and design of aircraft and the issue of certificates of airworthiness for an aircraft;

(i) a certificate airworthiness issued or validated under the Regulations with respect to it, and

(ii) there is compliance by the aircraft with the conditions relating to maintenance and repair specified by the Regulations;

(d) the licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes and places where aircraft may

land and for prohibiting the use of unlicensed aerodromes;

(e) unimpeded access to aircraft factories, or premises where an aircraft is undergoing

repair for the purpose of inspecting work carried on in relation to that aircraft or parts that aircraft, and admission into the aircraft;

(f) ensuring unimpeded access to aircraft factories, aircraft cabin and flight deck, hangers, workshops, aerodromes, ramp, fuel storage farms, operator’s office and at a reasonable time to conduct a test or an inspection test in order to determine the compliance with this Act or the Regulations or the directives;

(g) prohibiting persons from engaging in or being employed in or in connection with air navigation as specified in the Regulations except in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in the Regulations;

(h) the licensing of persons employed at aerodromes, or engaged in the inspection or supervision of aircraft;

(i) the conditions under which and in particular the aerodromes to or from which aircraft entering or leaving the Republic may fly, and the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of the Republic to another.

(j) Requiring the screening prior to boarding the aircraft of passengers and property intended to be carried in an aircraft in commercial air transport;

(k) the conditions under which passengers and goods may be carried for any other commercial, industrial or gainful purposes, and for prohibiting the carriage by air of goods of the classes specified in the Regulations;

(l) minimizing or preventing interference with the use or effectiveness of apparatus used in connection with air navigation and for prohibiting or regulating the use of that apparatus and display of signs and lights likely to endanger aircraft;

(m) the detention of aircraft for the purposes of carrying out or implementing this Act, the regulations or the orders, directives instructions or circulars issued by the Director-General;

(n) requiring persons engaged in or employed in or in connection with air navigation to supply meteorological information for the purposes of air navigation;

(o) controlling the making of signals and any other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried in the air navigation;

(p) regulating the design and use of the civil air ensign which may be established for purposes of air navigation;

(q) the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal extension or variation of an air operator’s certificate or any other certificate, license , or any other document required by the Regulations, including the examinations and tests to be undergone, and as to the form ,custody, production, cancellation, suspension, endorsement and surrender of that document;

(r) the circumstances in which the Authority may grant, refuse revoke or suspend a license;

(s) requiring a person who is involved in air transport undertakings to provide specified information;

(t) recording and registration of births and deaths occurring in a part of the world on aircraft registered in the Republic, and of the death outside the Republic of a person who as a traveler on an aircraft dies on the journey in consequence of an accident; and

(u) promoting in the public interest the safety of flight of civil aircraft and the protection of persons and property aboard an aircraft operating in commercial air transport and generally for the regulation of civil aviation and air navigation.

(2) The Regulations under subsection (1) may provide for

(a) requiring a person specified in the Regulations to make returns to the Authority and to any other specified authorities;

(b) the keeping by the authority of a record of returns made under paragraph (a) of this subsection;

(d) the keeping by the authority of a record of persons reported to it as missing, or persons reported with respect to whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have died in consequence of an accident involving an aircraft registered in the Republic;

(e) the rectification of records kept by virtue of this subsection.

(3) The Regulations under subsection (1) may provide for

(a) the issue of airman certificates;

(b) the issue of certificate of airworthiness of aircraft;

(c) the issue of air operators’ certificates, and for the establishment of minimum safety standards for the operation of air operators, and for the issue of specific operators provisions.

(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may provide for

(a) the adoption of operation directives, rules and regulations of the international Civil Aviation organization;

(b) the requirement that commercial air transport operations shall be conducted in accordance with the Regulations in the interest of safety and in accordance with the relevant international agreement ratified by Parliament under article 75 of the Constitution.

(5) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for

(a) the manner and the form in which complaints against the performance of a function under this Act or the Regulations may be made to the Director-General, and

(b) the investigation by the Director-General of complaints made under paragraph (a).

(6) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for

(a) rules governing flight of aircraft;

(b) the navigation, protection and identification of aircraft;

(d) the efficient utilization of the navigable space, including the safe altitude of flights and the prevention of collision between aircraft, between aircraft and land or water, vehicles and any other objects and between aircraft airborne objects;

(e) the examination and rating of civilian school giving instruction in flying or in the repair, alteration, maintenance, and overhaul of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers and appliances, as to the adequacy of he course of instruction, the suitability and airworthiness of the equipment, and the competency of the of the instruction;

(f) the examination and rating of approved, maintenance organizations or shops for the repair, alteration, maintenance and overhaul of aircraft engines, propellers and appliances, as to the adequacy and suitability of the equipment, facilities and competence of those engaged in the work of the instructors ; and

(g) the examination and rating of the issues of appropriate certificates of approval for the schools and approved maintenance organizations

(7) Regulations made under his section may provide penalties for their contravention.

(8) A penalty imposed under subsection (7) shall not exceed thirty thousand penalty units.