Mortgaging of Aircraft (Procedures) Regulations 1999
MORTGAGING OF AIRCRAFT (PROCEDURES) REGULATIONS
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BR 41/1999
MORTGAGING OF AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES ACT
1999
1999 : 16
THE MORTGAGING OF AIRCRAFT (PROCEDURES)
REGULATIONS 1999
The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by
section 7 of the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines Act 1999,
makes the following Regulations:
Citation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Mortgaging of Aircraft
(Procedures) Regulations 1999.
Definitions
2 (1) In these Regulations—
"Act" means the Mortgaging of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines
Act 1999;
"appropriate charge" means the charge prescribed under
section 7(1)(b) of the Act;
"Department" means the Department of Civil Aviation
established under section 2(1) of the Civil Airports Act
1949;
"the Register" means the Register of Aircraft Mortgages
maintained under section 5(1)(a) of the Act.
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(2) A reference in these Regulations to an aircraft includes a
share in an aircraft.
Registration of aircraft mortgages
3 (1) An application to enter a mortgage of an aircraft in the
Register shall be made to the Minister by or on behalf of the mortgagee in
the form set out in Form 1 of the Schedule, and shall be accompanied by
a copy of the mortgage, which the applicant shall certify to be a true
copy, and the appropriate charge.
(2) A notice of intention to make an application to enter a
contemplated mortgage of an aircraft in the register ("a priority notice")
may also be entered in the Register.
(3) An application to enter a priority notice in the Register shall
be made to the Minister by or on behalf of the prospective mortgagee in
the form set out in Form II of the Schedule, and shall be accompanied by
the appropriate charge.
(4) Where two or more aircraft are the subject of one mortgage
of where the same aircraft is the subject of two or more mortgages,
separate applications shall be made in respect of each aircraft or of each
mortgage, as the case may be.
(5) Where a mortgage is in a language other than English, the
application to enter that mortgage in the Register shall be accompanied
by not only a copy of that mortgage but also by a translation thereof,
which the applicant shall certify as being, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, a true translation.
(6) When an application to enter a mortgage or priority notice
in the Register is made, the Minister shall enter the mortgage or the
priority notice, as the case may be, in the Register by placing the
application form therein and by noting on it the date and the time of the
entry.
(7) Applications duly made shall be entered in the Register in
order of their receipt by the Minister.
(8) The Minister shall by notice published in the Gazette specify
the days on which and hours during which the office of the Department
is open for registering mortgages and priority notices and any application
delivered when the office is closed for that purpose shall be treated as
having been received immediately after the office is next opened.
(9) The Minister shall notify the applicant of the date and time
of the entry of the mortgage or the priority notice, as the case may be, in
the Register and the register number of the entry and shall send a copy
of the notification to the mortgagor and the owner.
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Amendment of entries in the Register
4 (1) Any change in the person appearing in the Register as
mortgagee or as mortgagor or in the name or address of such person or
in the description of the mortgaged property shall be notified to the
Minister by or on behalf of the mortgagee, in the form set out in Form III
of the Schedule.
(2) On receipt of the said form, duly completed and signed by
or on behalf of the mortgagor and the mortgagee and on payment of the
appropriate charge, the Minister shall enter the notification in the
Register and shall notify the mortgagor, the mortgagee and the owner
that he has done so.
Discharge of mortgages
5 On receipt of the form set out in Form IV of the Schedule duly
completed and signed by or on behalf of the mortgagee and of a copy of
the document of discharge or receipt for the mortgage money, or of any
other document which shows, to the satisfaction of the Minister, that the
mortgage has been discharged and on payment of the appropriate
charge, the Minister shall enter the said form in the Register and mark
the relevant entries in the Register "Discharged" and shall notify the
mortgagee, mortgagor and the owner that he has done so.
Rectification of the Register
6 If the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to
correct an error in the Register, he shall direct that the Register be
amended and shall enter a notation of the correction and the date of the
correction on the Register.
Inspection of the Register and copies of entries
7 (1) On such days and during such hours as the Minister may
specify in a notice published in the Gazette, any person may, on
application to the Minister and on payment to him of the appropriate
charge inspect any entry in the Register specified in the application.
(2) The Minister shall, on application of any person and on
payment of the appropriate charge, supply to the applicant a copy,
certified as a true copy, of the entries in the Register specified in the
application.
(3) The Minister shall, on the application of any person and on
payment by him of the appropriate charge, notify the applicant whether
or not there are any entries in the Register relating to the aircraft
specified in the application by reference to its nationality and registration
marks.
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(4) A document purporting to be a copy of an entry in the
Register shall be admissible as evidence of that entry if it purports to be
certified as a true copy by the Minister.
(5) Nothing done in pursuance of paragraph (2) or (3) of this
Regulation shall affect the priority of any mortgage.
Removal of aircraft from the Bermuda nationality register
8 The removal of an aircraft from the Bermuda nationality register
shall not affect the rights of any mortgagee under any registered
mortgage and entries shall continue to be made in the Register in
relation to the mortgage as if the aircraft had not been removed from the
Bermuda nationality register.
Register as notice of facts appearing in it
9 All persons shall at all times be taken to have express notice of
all facts appearing in the Register, but the registration of a mortgage
shall not be evidence of its validity.
Priority of mortgages
10 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Regulation, a
mortgage of an aircraft entered in the Register shall have priority over
any other mortgage or charge on that aircraft, other than another
mortgage entered in the Register:
Provided that mortgages made before the date of coming into
operation of these Regulations, whether entered in the Register or not,
shall for a transitional period of 3 months from the date of coming into
operation of these Regulations ("the transitional period") have the same
priority as they would have had if these Regulations had not been made.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Regulation, where
two or more mortgages of an aircraft are entered in the Register, those
mortgages shall as between themselves have priority according to the
times at which they are respectively entered in the Register:
Provided that:
(i) mortgages of an aircraft made before the date of
coming into operation of these Regulations
which are entered in the Register before the end
of the transitional period shall have priority over
any mortgages of that aircraft made on or after
the date of coming into operation of these
Regulations and shall as between themselves
have the same priority as they would have had if
these Regulations had not been made;
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(ii) without prejudice to proviso (i), where a priority
notice has been entered in the Register and the
contemplated mortgage referred to therein is
made and entered in the Register within 14 days
thereafter, that mortgage shall be deemed to
have priority from the time when the priority
notice was registered.
(3) In reckoning the period of 14 days under paragraph (2),
there shall be excluded any day which is a public holiday.
(4) The priorities provided for by the preceding provisions of
this Regulation shall have effect notwithstanding any express, implied or
constructive notice affecting the mortgage.
(5) Nothing in this Regulation shall be construed as giving a
registered mortgage any priority over any possessory lien in respect of
work done on the aircraft (whether before or after the creation or
registration of the mortgage) on the express or implied authority of any
person lawfully entitled to possession of the aircraft or over any right to
detain the aircraft under any statutory provision.
Mortgage not affected by bankruptcy
11 A registered mortgage of an aircraft shall not be affected by any
act of bankruptcy committed by the mortgagor after the date on which
the mortgage is registered, notwithstanding that at the commencement of
his bankruptcy the mortgagor had the aircraft in his possession, order or
disposition, or was reputed owner thereof, and the mortgage shall be
preferred to any right, claim or interest therein of the other creditors of
the bankrupt or any trustee or assignee on their behalf.
Mortgagee to have power of sale
12 Every mortgagee shall have power absolutely to dispose of any
aircraft in respect of which he is registered and to give effectual receipts
for the purchase money; but where there are more persons than one
registered as mortgagees of the same aircraft, a subsequent mortgagee
shall not, except under the order of the Supreme Court, sell the aircraft
without the concurrence of every prior mortgagee.
Transfer of mortgages
13 A registered mortgage of an aircraft may be transferred to any
person, and the instrument effecting the transfer shall be in the form set
out in Form V of the Schedule and on the production of the said form the
Minister shall record it by entering it in the Register and shall mark the
said form with the date and the time of such entry.
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Transmission of interest in mortgage by death, bankruptcy etc
14 (1) Where the interest of a mortgagee in an aircraft is
transmitted on death or bankruptcy, or by any lawful means, other than
by a transfer under these Regulations, the transmission shall be
authenticated by a declaration of the person to whom the interest is
transmitted, containing a statement of the manner in which and the
person to whom the property has been transmitted, and shall be
accompanied by documentary evidence in a form satisfactory to the
Minister.
(2) The Minister on the receipt of the declaration, and the
production of the documentary evidence, shall enter the name of the
person entitled under the transmission in the Register as the mortgagee
of the aircraft.
Application of statutory provisions relating to bills of sale and
registration provisions of the Companies Act 1981
15 (1) Any statutory provisions insofar as they relate to bills of
sale and other documents given by way of security for the payment of
money shall not apply to any mortgage of an aircraft to which these
Regulations apply which is made on or after the date of coming into
operation of these Regulations.
(2) Section 55(5)(b) of the Companies Act 1981 shall have effect
as if after the word "ship" there were inserted the words "or aircraft" and
as if after the words "Merchant Shipping Act 1894" where they twice
occur there were inserted the words "or the Mortgaging of Aircraft and
Aircraft Engines Act 1999 as the case may be":
Provided that nothing in this Regulation shall render invalid as
against the liquidator or creditor of the company, any mortgage or charge
created by a company before the date on which these Regulations come
into force which would not have been invalid against the liquidator or
such a creditor if these Regulations had not been made.
Indemnity
16 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), any person who suffers loss by
reason of any error or omission in the Register or of any inaccuracy in a
copy of an entry in the Register supplied pursuant to Regulation 7(2) or
in a notification made pursuant to Regulation 7(3) shall be indemnified
by the Minister.
(2) No indemnity shall be payable under this Regulation—
(a) where the person who has suffered loss has himself
caused or substantially contributed to the loss by his
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fraud or has derived title from a person so committing
fraud;
(b) on account of costs or expenses incurred in taking or
defending any legal proceedings without the consent of
the Minister.
Commencement
17 These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 1999.
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SCHEDULE
FORM I
Regulation 3(1)
REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGES
ENTRY OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGE
I hereby apply for the mortgage, particulars of which are given below, to
be entered in the Register of Aircraft Mortgages.
1. Date of mortgage
2. Description of the mortgaged aircraft
(including its type, nationality and registration
marks and aircraft serial number) and of any
store of spare parts for that aircraft to which the
mortgage extends. (The description of the store
of spare parts must include an indication of their
character and approximate number and the
place or places where they are stored must be
given *1).
3. The sum secured by the mortgage *2.
4. Does the mortgage require the mortgagee to
make further advances? If so, of what amount?
5. Name and address and, where applicable,
company registration number of the mortgagor.
6. Register number of priority notice, if any.
Signed......................................................................................................
Name in block capitals.................................................................
On behalf of *3 ............................................................................
(insert name and, where applicable,
company registration number of mortgagee)
of.................................................................................................
(insert address of mortgagee)
*1 The description of the mortgaged property may, if necessary, be
continued on a separate sheet, which shall be signed by the applicant.
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*2 Where the sum secured is of a fluctuating amount, this should
be stated and the upper and lower limits, if any, should be set out.
*3 Delete where inapplicable.
FORM II
Regulation 3(3)
REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGES
ENTRY OF PRIORITY NOTICE
To be completed by Applicant:
I hereby give notice that I am contemplating entering into a mortgage,
particulars of which are given below, and that if I do enter into the said
mortgage I shall apply for it to be entered in the Register of Aircraft
Mortgages. I hereby apply for this notice to be entered in the said
Register.
1. Description of the aircraft which is the
subject of the contemplated mortgage
(including its type, nationality and registration
marks and aircraft serial number) and of any
store of spare parts for that aircraft to which it
is contemplated that the mortgage will extend
*1.
2. The sum secured by the contemplated
mortgage *2.
3. Is it contemplated that the mortgage will
require the mortgagee to make further
advances? If so, of what amount?
4. Name and address and, where applicable,
company registration number of the
prospective mortgagor..
Signed......................................................................................................
Name in block capitals.................................................................
On behalf of *3 ............................................................................
(insert name and, where applicable,
company registration number of mortgagee)
of.................................................................................................
(insert address of mortgagee)
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*1 The description of the property which is the subject of the
contemplated mortgage may, if necessary, be continued on a separate
sheet which shall be signed by the applicant.
*2 Where the sum to be secured is of a fluctuating amount, this
should be stated and the upper and lower limits, if any, should be set
out.
*3 Delete where inapplicable.
FORM III
Regulation 4(1)
REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGES
CHANGE IN PARTICULARS
We hereby give notice that the particulars shown on the Register of
Aircraft Mortgages under Register number should be
amended as follows—
(a) Signed .....................................................................
Name in block capitals.............................................
on behalf of *1 .........................................................
(insert name of mortgagee)
(b) Signed .....................................................................
Name in block capitals.............................................
on behalf of *1 .........................................................
(insert name of person shown in the Register
as the mortgagee) *2
(c) Signed .....................................................................
Name in block capitals.............................................
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on behalf of *1 ................................
(insert name of mortgagor)
*1 Delete where applicable
*2 Applicable only where the change in particulars is a change in
the person appearing in the Register as mortgagee.
FORM IV
Regulation 5
REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGES
DISCHARGE OF REGISTERED MORTGAGE
I hereby confirm that the mortgage entered in the Register of Aircraft
Mortgages under register number has been discharged.
(a) Signed .....................................................................
Name in block capitals.............................................
on behalf of * ...........................................................
(insert name of mortgagee)
*1 Delete where applicable
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FORM V
Regulation 13
REGISTER OF AIRCRAFT MORTGAGES
TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE
[To be endorsed on the original mortgage.]
(a)________________________the within-mentioned___________________in
consideration of_______________this day paid to(b)__________________by
__________________hereby transfer to (c)____________________the benefit
of the within written security. In witness whereof (a)__________________
have hereunto subscribed (d)________________name________________and
affixed (d)_________________________seal.
Signed......................................................................................................
Name in block capitals.................................................................
On behalf of.................................................................................
this....... day of .............................................................................
Executed by the above named......................................................
in the presence of ........................................................................
(a) "I" or "we"
(b) "Me" or "us"
(c) "Him" or "them"
(d) "My" or "our"
Made this 1st day of July, 1999
Minister of Transport
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