Regulations Governing General Aviation Article 8
To import civil aircraft through procurement, on conditional transaction or on the basis of lease, general aviation enterprise shall apply for MOTC permission via CAA, enclosing the following papers in duplicate:1) specification of aircraft2) plan for use3) maintenance plan (including maintenance organization and training of personnel)4) financial program (including how payment is made, source of funding and projected revenue and expenditure)5) source of pilots and training programThe age of foreign aircraft to be purchased, procured with conditions attached, or leased, for passenger aircraft it shall not exceed ten years, for cargo aircraft it shall not exceed ten years. Nevertheless, a general air aviation business that has used the same type of aircraft for over three years, the aircraft shall be not more then ten years old for passenger use, not more then fifteen years old for cargo use.Under one of the following conditions, the proviso in the second paragraph allows continuing use of that aircraft after the general air aviation business encloses pertinent papers and applies to CAA for MOTC approval:1) continued lease of the same aircraft2) with an aircraft already on lease which is meeting the age limit set forth in the preceding paragraph, the lessee is applying for changing the status of lease into that of purchase or conditional procurement3) lease-back of the same aircraft that has been sold.Aircraft to be used for aerial tourism, rescue and business charter service shall be turbine engines or twin piston engines. The aircraft must carry two pilots in the cockpit together with a cockpit communications recorder. A flight recorder should also be installed where called for. Free balloon to be used for aerial tourism is allowed for without engines and carrying two pilots in the cockpit together with a cockpit communications recorder by applying for CAA permission.Civil air transport enterprise applying for running general aviation enterprise with helicopter, upon approval to set up business, may continue to use the turbine engine cargo helicopter already in commission without being subjected to the restriction set out in the second paragraph.
中文原文 普通航空業管理規則第8條
普通航空業以購買、附條件買賣、租用方式引進民用航空器，應檢附下列文件一式二份申請民航局核准後，始得辦理：
一、航空器規範。
二、使用計畫。
三、維護計畫（含維護組織、人員訓練計畫）。
四、財務計畫（含付款方式、資金來源及營運收支預估）。
五、駕駛員來源及訓練計畫。
前項所購買、附條件買賣或租用之外籍航空器，機齡不得超過十年。
但普通航空業已使用同機型航空器滿三年以上，其購買、附條件買賣、租用該機型外籍航空器之機齡不得超過十五年。
第二項但書有下列情形之一者，應檢附相關文件，經申請民航局核准後，始得繼續使用：
一、續租同架航空器者。
二、原核准租用航空器之機齡符合前項規定，原承租人申請將租用變更為購買或附條件買賣者。
三、售後租回同架航空器者。
空中遊覽、救護及商務專機用航空器應為渦輪發動機或雙往復式活塞發動機，並配置雙駕駛員及座艙通話紀錄器。
另依規定應具有飛航紀錄器者，亦應配置之。
但空中遊覽用之自由氣球，經申請民航局核准者，得不備具發動機、不配置雙駕駛員及座艙通話紀錄器。
民用航空運輸業申請以直昇機兼營普通航空業者，原已備具之渦輪發動機貨運直昇機於核准籌設後得繼續使用，不受第二項之限制。
一、航空器規範。
二、使用計畫。
三、維護計畫（含維護組織、人員訓練計畫）。
四、財務計畫（含付款方式、資金來源及營運收支預估）。
五、駕駛員來源及訓練計畫。
前項所購買、附條件買賣或租用之外籍航空器，機齡不得超過十年。
但普通航空業已使用同機型航空器滿三年以上，其購買、附條件買賣、租用該機型外籍航空器之機齡不得超過十五年。
第二項但書有下列情形之一者，應檢附相關文件，經申請民航局核准後，始得繼續使用：
一、續租同架航空器者。
二、原核准租用航空器之機齡符合前項規定，原承租人申請將租用變更為購買或附條件買賣者。
三、售後租回同架航空器者。
空中遊覽、救護及商務專機用航空器應為渦輪發動機或雙往復式活塞發動機，並配置雙駕駛員及座艙通話紀錄器。
另依規定應具有飛航紀錄器者，亦應配置之。
但空中遊覽用之自由氣球，經申請民航局核准者，得不備具發動機、不配置雙駕駛員及座艙通話紀錄器。
民用航空運輸業申請以直昇機兼營普通航空業者，原已備具之渦輪發動機貨運直昇機於核准籌設後得繼續使用，不受第二項之限制。