(1) The Director may, after consultation with the body or institution designated in terms of regulation 67.00.3, recognise a foreign medical report, medical assessment or medical certificate issued by an appropriate authority for the purpose of validating a foreign flight crew member’s licence, air traffic service personnel’s licence or cabin crew member’s licence.
(2) If, because of duty in a State or territory outside the Republic, deferral of the issuing of a South African medical certificate for a flight crew member or a cabin crew member, as the case may be, has to be made, such deferral shall not exceed—
(a) a single period of six months in the case of a flight crew member of an aircraft used in non-commercial operations; or
(b) two consecutive periods, each of three months, in the case of a flight crew member or a cabin crew member, as the case may be, of an aircraft used in commercial operations: Provided that in each case a favourable medical report is obtained after examination by a designated examiner of the area concerned, or, in cases where such a designated medical examiner is not available, by a physician legally qualified to practice medicine in that area. A report of the medical examination shall be sent to the Authority where the licence is issued;
(c) in the case of a private pilot, a single period not exceeding 24 months where the medical examination is carried out by an examiner designated by the Contracting State in which the applicant is temporarily located. A report of the medical examination shall be sent to the Authority where the licence is issued.
(3) After the expiry of the periods referred to in sub-regulation (2), the applicant will be required to undergo the appropriate medical examination as soon as he or she returns to the Republic.