41.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this article applies to any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom.
(2) This article does not apply to an EU-OPS aeroplane where the intended flight is for the purpose of commercial air transport.
(3) The CAA may permit an aircraft or class of aircraft to which this article applies to commence a flight in specified circumstances even though a specified item of equipment which must by or under this Order be carried in the circumstances of the intended flight is not carried or is not in a fit condition for use.
(4) An aircraft must not commence a private flight, an aerial work flight or a public transport flight if any of the equipment which must by or under this Order be carried in the circumstances of the intended flight is not carried or is not in a fit condition for use unless—
(a)the aircraft does so under and in accordance with the terms of a permission granted under paragraph (3) to the operator; and
(b)in the case of an aircraft to which article 83 or 84 applies, the applicable operations manual or police operations manual contains information about that permission.