I, JOHN FRANCIS McCormick, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 208 and 235 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety
27 July 2009
Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2009
This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2009.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Amendment of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3
Schedule 1 amends Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3.
[1] Subsection 2, definition of child
omit
his (wherever occurring)
insert
his or her
[2] Subsection 2, definition of handicapped person
omit
[3] Subsection 2, definition of infant
omit
his
insert
his or her
[4] Sub-subparagraph 3.1 (d) (iii)
omit
subsection 16
insert
subsection 15
[5] Paragraph 3.2
add at the end
3.3The operator of the aircraft must ensure that exit rows in the aircraft are occupied only by persons who are fully able and willing to assist with access to the emergency exits in the event of an emergency.
[6] Paragraph 4.1
omit
14 and 16
insert
14 and 15
[7] Subsection 6A, Note
omit
7 and 16
insert
7 and 15
[8] Subsection 14
substitute
14 Persons or passengers who require assistance due to sickness, injury or disability
14.1The operator of an aircraft must, as much as possible, identify any person on the aircraft who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability.
14.2The operator and pilot in command of an aircraft must ensure that any person who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability is not seated where he or she could obstruct or hinder access to any emergency exits.
14.3If a person who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability is carried on an aircraft, the operator and pilot in command must:
(a) take all reasonable precautions to prevent hazards to other persons on the aircraft; and
(b) ensure that there are procedures in place to enable particular attention to be given to any such passenger in an emergency; and
(c) ensure that individual briefings on emergency procedures are given to any such person in accordance with Civil Aviation Order 20.11.
14.4 The carriage of stretcher patients on any aircraft must be in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) the stretcher must be secured in the aircraft so as to prevent it from moving under the maximum acceleration likely to be experienced in flight and in an emergency alighting such as ditching;
(b) the patient must be secured by an approved harness to the stretcher or aircraft structure.
Note Psychiatric restraint equipment is not an approved harness for this purpose.
[9] Subsection 15
repeal the subsection
[10] Subsection 16
renumber as subsection 15
[11] Paragraphs 16.1 and 16.2
renumber as paragraphs 15.1 and 15.2