Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187:reg:7:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 7/11)
Character Range: 245197–247802

(as the case requires).
Note   General guidance for infant and child restraints is contained in AC 91-18 Restraint of infants and children, as in force from time to time.

20.03 Infant and child seatbelts as restraints
       (1) An infant is restrained if:
(a) the infant is carried in the arms or on the lap (the relevant position) of an adult occupying a seat; and
(b) the adult's seatbelt is not fastened around the infant; and
(c) the infant is restrained in the relevant position by an effective restraining device.
Note   A commonly used method of restraining an infant in a person's arms or lap is to use a supplemental loop belt, also referred to as an infant belt.
       (2) A child is restrained if:
(a) the child:
 (i) occupies a seat of its own; and
 (ii) is restrained in the seat by the seat's seatbelt; or
(b) all of the following apply:
 (i) the child occupies a seat with 1 other child who is not an infant;
 (ii) both children are seated side-by-side;
 (iii) the combined weight of both children is not more than 77 kg;
           (iv) the seatbelt is a lap belt which, when fastened, restrains both children in the seat.
       (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a child who is not more than 12 years old may be restrained in accordance with subsection (1) if:
(a) at the request of the pilot in command, the operator or CASA — the adult responsible for the child produces a signed and dated certificate from a registered medical practitioner stating that the child:
           (i) has a serious medical condition which prevents the child from sitting upright unaided; and
           (ii) is fit to travel; and
           (iii) weighed less than 16 kg on the date of the certificate; and
(b) the pilot in command or operator is reasonably satisfied, on the day of the flight, that the child weighs less than 16 kg.
       (4) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an infant, or a child under the age of 6, who is a medical patient described in subparagraph 20.01 (2) (c) (iv), is restrained if:
(a) the infant or child is carried in the arms or on the lap (the relevant position) of an adult occupying a seat or a stretcher; and
(b) the adult's restraint (however described in the applicable procedures in the operator's exposition for subparagraph 20.01 (2) (c) (iv)) is not fastened around the infant or child; and
(c) the infant or child is restrained in the relevant position in a manner determined by the operator to be appropriate for the circumstances.

20.04 Child restraint systems that are not seatbelts
       (1) In this section:
approved child restraint system means a child