CASA Ex175/12 Exemption side-facing seats on aircraft not occupied for take-off or landing (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX175/12

I, PETER WILLIAM BOYD, Executive Manager, Standards Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed P. Boyd]

Peter Boyd
Executive Manager
Standards Division

28 November 2012

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

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 December 2012; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 30 November 2015.

2          Application

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

3          Exemption

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

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.