CASA Ex108/10 – Exemption – side facing seats on aircraft not occupied for take-off or landing (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX108/10

I, JONATHAN ALECK, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed Jonathan Aleck]

Jonathan Aleck
Acting Director of Aviation Safety

22 December 2010

Exemption — side facing seats on aircraft not occupied for take-off or landing

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 30 November 2012.

Note Part 90 of CASR 1998 will be amended before the exemption expires.

2          Application

This instrument applies to the registered operator of an aircraft to which Subpart 90.B of CASR 1998 applies.

Note Subpart 90.B of CASR 1998 applies to aircraft other than balloons, airships, sailplanes, powered sailplanes and aircraft with certain special certificates of airworthiness, experimental certificates, special flight permits and provisional certificates of airworthiness.

3          Exemption

             The registered operator of an aircraft is exempt from regulation 90.120 of CASR 1998.

Note Regulation 90.120 of CASR 1998 deals with safety standards for side-facing seats.

4          Conditions

            The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1          Conditions

            The exemption applies to a side-facing seat of an aircraft only if:

(a)   the registered operator requires the seat to be unoccupied during take-off or landing; and

(b)   the seat has a prominent placard prohibiting occupancy during take-off or landing.