I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 5 and 235 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
[Signed P. Spence]
Pip Spence
Director of Aviation Safety
23 July 2021
Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1)
This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1).
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 (as amended).
Schedule 1 Amendments
[1] Paragraph 3.3
omit
persons who are
insert
persons who are, subject to subsection 14,
[2] Paragraph 14.2
omit
The
insert
Subject to paragraph 14.5, the
[3] Subsection 14, after paragraph 14.4
insert
14.5Paragraph 14.2 does not apply in relation to a rotorcraft or a smaller aeroplane if:
(a) the person who requires assistance is accompanied, or assisted, for the flight by a suitable person who is seated adjacent to the emergency exit; and
(b) the suitable person is accompanying or assisting only that person for the flight; and
(c) the suitable person has agreed to assist the crew with the evacuation of the aircraft in an emergency.
14.6 For the purposes of paragraph 14.5:
rotorcraft means:
(a) a helicopter; or
(b) a gyroplane; or
(c) a powered-lift aircraft.
smaller aeroplane means an aeroplane that has:
(a) a maximum passenger seating capacity of not more than 9; and
(b) a maximum take-off weight of not more than 8 618 kg.
suitable person: a person is a suitable person if the person:
(a) is reasonably fit, strong, and able to assist with the rapid evacuation of the aircraft in an emergency; and
(b) would not, because of a condition or disability, including an inability to understand oral instructions, hinder:
(i) other passengers during an evacuation of the aircraft in an emergency; or
(ii) the aircraft’s crew in carrying out their duties in an emergency.