Application of Foreign Enlistment Act
22—The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, shall have effect as if the expression “ship” included any description of aircraft, and as if the expression “equipping” in relation to an aircraft included, in addition to the things specifically mentioned in that Act, any other thing which is used in or about an aircraft for the purpose of fitting or adapting her for aerial navigation.
Extent of Act
23—(1) The provisions of this Act and of the regulations made thereunder shall, except so far as they are expressly limited to the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, apply to—
(a) all British aircraft wheresoever they may be; and
(b) all foreign aircraft whilst in or over any part of His Majesty’s dominions and the territorial waters adjacent thereto;
and in any case arising in a British Court concerning matters arising within British jurisdiction foreign aircraft shall, so far as respects such provisions, be treated as if they were British aircraft.
Provided that no such provisions, except those relating to the registration of aircraft and those contained in collision regulations, aircraft papers, regulations, and signals of distress regulations, shall apply to aircraft whilst in or over any part of His Majesty’s dominions outside the British Islands or in or over the territorial waters adjacent to any such part.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the power of the legislature of any British possession outside the British Islands to make provision in relation to the possession and the territorial waters adjacent thereto with respect to any of the matters dealt with by this Act.
Exemption of Government Aircraft