Except as provided in paragraph (1)(b) and subregulation (4), no person shall conduct a take-off in a helicopter with instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed, where such instruments or equipment are required by-
(a) the standards of airworthiness that apply to the type of flight being undertaken;
(b) any equipment list published by the helicopter manufacturer respecting helicopter equipment that is required for the intended flight;
(c) an air operator certificate;
(d) an airworthiness directive; or
(e) these Regulations.