(Note: “Chapter 3 standards of noise” means the standards of noise specified in Volume I, Part II, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.)

1. Subject to para c) below, the CSL should cover the operators' liabilities in respect of third party, passenger, baggage, cargo and mail.
2. It may include other liability items except the liability in respect of damage to the hull of the operators' aircraft.
3. If an operator declares in writing that the aircraft does not carry any passenger, baggage, cargo or mail, as the case may be, they will be allowed not to include those items in the CSL.
4. The insurance cover must be on a per occurrence basis. The minimum CSLs required are as follows:

1. Infants under 2 years of age;
2. directors, or employees of the permit-holder, charterers or any travel organiser to whom the charterer has resold accommodation on the aircraft travelling on business;
3. tour conductors in charge of and conducting a group of not less than 15 persons travelling together, provided that not more than one such person may be carried pursuant to this condition for every 15 members of the groups;
4. cargo for the sole use of the permit-holder in connection with the services to which the permit relates, or for the sole use of the charterer or of any travel organiser to whom the charterer has resold accommodation on the aircraft, in connection with facilities offered to passengers carried in accordance with the terms of the permit;
5. authorized representatives of an appropriate national aeronautical authority travelling in the course of their duties;
6. (for cargo charter flights only) persons with special skills or knowledge, including security guards, who may be required by the charterer or consignor to accompany the cargo in order to take charge of it or protect it during loading, in-flight, transit, or on arrival at its destination. This category includes such persons being carried on any outward flight for the purpose of accompanying cargo on their return flight or being carried on a return flight after having accompanied cargo on their outward flight;

1. type of aircraft;
2. nationality and registration marks;
3. name of operator;
4. name of handling agent;
5. proposed dates and times of arrival and departure;
6. confirmation that there are no fare-paying passengers or commercial cargo on board;
7. completed Declaration of Compliance with the Civil Aviation (Insurance) Order (CAP 448F) form (DCA 41), which is available online at
   http://www.cad.gov.hk/application/insurance_declaration.doc;
8. documentary evidence from the operator's insurance company to show that the aircraft carries appropriate insurance cover for any accident, incident or occurrence (see para 2); and
9. confirmation that the aircraft meets the requirements for the carriage of radio navigation aids as specified in para 3 in GEN 1.5.

1. a flight by a state aircraft including military aircraft overflying the airspace above the territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (i.e. flights that will overfly Hong Kong territory, including the outlying islands and territorial waters);
2. a flight by an aircraft carrying munitions of war;
3. a flight by an aircraft carrying dangerous goods;
4. a flight notified as such by the Director-General of Civil Aviation.

1. A request for overflight permission for an aircraft under para 8.1 a) above must be made via the appropriate diplomatic channels.
2. A request for overflight permission for an aircraft under para 8.1 b) and c) above must be received at least 11 clear working days prior to the first flight of which the permission is required. Application should be submitted to:
   
   Dangerous Goods Office
   Civil Aviation Department Headquarters
   1 Tung Fai Road
   Hong Kong International Airport
   Lantau
   Hong Kong
   
   Tel: +852 2910 6856 / 2910 6857 / 2910 6855
   Fax: +852 2795 8469
3. Please refer to the relevant AICs of “Permission for Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Aircraft” and “Permission for Carriage of Munitions of War in Aircraft” for further details.