SCHEDULE 3Savings and transitional arrangements

Approvals, licences and certificates

3.

(1)

Before any pilot licence (“Part-FCL licence”) which comes within the scope of paragraph 2 is used outside United Kingdom airspace on an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, it must be validated by the CAA.

(2)

The CAA must validate a Part-FCL licence under this paragraph, and must only do so, if—

(a)

it was issued in accordance with Commission Regulation 1178/2011; and

(b)

the licence-holder holds language proficiency in English of at least Level 4 on the Language Proficiency Rating Scale contained in Appendix 2 to Annex 1 (Part-FCL) to Commission Regulation 1178/2011.