Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1) (Cth)

I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 5 and 235 of the Civil Aviation Regulations1988 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)

1          Name of instrument

                 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 1amends 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

     14.5     Paragraph 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.