| (1) | The aerodrome operator shall ensure that— |
| (a) | parking stands are provided and marked for suitable size and type of aircraft. |
| (b) | where the docking system is not in place or is unserviceable procedures to safely guide aircraft in to the parking bay are provided. |
| (2) | The operator of an aircraft shall ensure— |
| (a) | that the aircraft is parked in the place on the apron allocated to it by the aerodrome operator; and |
| (b) | that the aircraft is parked in the place so allocated in the position required by the aerodrome operator, |
and if such operator refuses or fails or is not present to comply forthwith with the terms of such allocation or requirement, the aerodrome operator may have that aircraft parked or positioned so as to comply with the terms of such allocation or requirement and may recover the costs incurred in so parking or positioning that aircraft from the operator of that aircraft and any such action by the aerodrome operator shall not exempt such operation for a prosecution in respect of such refusal or failure.
| (3) | Save in an emergency no person shall move an aircraft— |
| (a) | from the parking place allocated to it in terms of subregulation (2)(a); or |
| (b) | from the position in which it was placed in terms of subregulation (2)(b), except with the approval of the aerodrome operator. |
| (4) | [Regulation 139.01.17(4) deleted by regulation 39(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)] |
