Civil Aviation Regulations (Amendment) 1992 No. 36
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 36
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Shipping and Aviation
Civil Aviation Act 1988
Civil Aviation Regulations (Amendment)
Subsection 98(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act and in relation to the safety of air navigation.
Paragraph 157(1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Regulations previously prohibited an aircraft that was not a helicopter from flying over any city, town or populous area at a height lower than 1,500 feet. Helicopters were prohibited from flying over any city, town or populous area at a height lower than 1,000 feet.
The amending Regulations prohibit any aircraft - without distinguishing between aircraft that are not helicopters and those that are - from flying over such areas at a height lower than 1,000 feet.
The purpose of the amendment is to align Australia's requirements relating to minimum heights more closely to the requirements in other leading countries such as the United States of America. The amendment is in keeping with the policy of the Civil Aviation Authority of ensuring that Australia's regulations are not more restrictive, or result in extra cost to the aviation industry, than regulations in other leading aviation countries unless there is objective evidence to justify the differences.
The Regulations come into operation on the date of gazettal.