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1864 61 Stat. , Pt. 2, p.1180. (1) Subject to the provisions of Article VI of the present Agreement, and to such regulations, conditions and limitations as may be imposed by the law of the Territory, civil aircraft to which this Article applies, being aircraft not engaged in scheduled international air services, shall be entitled to use the Bases, in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement, (a) for non-traffic purposes; and (b) for traffic purposes (i) in the case of charter flights for the purposes of the charter, and (ii) in the case of other flights, otherwise than for reward. (2) This Article applies, on a non-discriminatory basis, to civil air- craft of the United States and of the United Kingdom, and to those of any other country which is a party to the Convention on Interna- tional Civil Aviation, which came into force on April 4, 1947: Provided that this Article shall not apply to the civil aircraft of any third country unless civil aircraft both of the United States and of the United Kingdom enjoy corresponding rights in such third country. ARTICLE VI Limitation of civil use (1) The United States military authorities, for military reasons, or the Government of the Territory, for security reasons, shall have the right, on a non-discriminatory basis, to limit or suspend civil air opera- tions at the Bases or to impose restrictions of a temporary or continu- ing nature on the use of the Bases by civil aircraft, but will make every reasonable effort to avoid interruption of civil air operations at the Bases. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of the present Article, the authorities exercising administrative and operational control at any Base shall not impose any limitation on the use of the Base by civil aircraft in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement except so far as may be necessary for reasons of safety or in the light of the capacity of, and the facilities available at, the Base. Any such limitation shall be imposed on a fair and non-discriminatory basis, except that scheduled international air services shall be afforded preferential treatment. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. (3) Civil air carriers of the United Kingdom shall be entitled to carry cabotage traffic to and from any Regular Base at which civil air carriers of the United States are entitled to exercise traffic rights and, save as provided in paragraph (1) of this Article, civil air carriers of the United States shall not be hereby deemed entitled to carry cabotage traffic between any two points in the territory of the United Kingdom. ARTICLE V Private and Charter Flights