Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 47 : Registration and MarkingSubpart 1 : General47.01.3 Requirements for aircraft marking |
| (1) | The Director shall allocate nationality and registration marks to be displayed on South African registered aircraft. |
| (2) | Upon the registration of an aircraft in terms of regulation 47.02.1, the Director may— |
| (a) | if the aircraft was previously registered in the Republic, allocate the same registration marks as were originally borne by such aircraft as prescribed in regulation 47.01.5; or |
| (b) | allocate special registration marks as prescribed in regulation 47.01.4. |
| (3) | No person shall use a South African registered aircraft unless such aircraft displays a nationality mark and a registration mark in the manner and in accordance with specifications as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 47. |
| (4) | No person shall place on any South African registered aircraft any mark or symbol which modifies, confuses or purports to be the nationality or registration mark allocated and displayed in accordance with the specifications referred to in subregulation (3). |