Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00800:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00800
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Character Range: 12791–15482

number of passengers:
(a) has been approved by CASA; or
(b) does not exceed the number specified in column 2 of the following table opposite the number of passenger seats specified in column 1;
       and the excess passengers are infants or children:

Table
Column 1                Column 2
No. of passenger seats  No. of excess passengers
2-6                     1
7-13                    2
14-20                   3
21-26                   4
27-39                   5
40-44                   6

13 Carriage of infants and children
       13.1Where their combined weight does not exceed 77 kg, 2 children may occupy 1 seat if:
(a) seated side by side; and
(b) restrained by a lapstrap only; and
(c) the seat-belt is adjusted to secure both children at all times when a seat belt is required to be worn.
          13.2 (1) An infant may be carried in the arms or on the lap of an adult passenger, in a bassinet or in an infant seat in accordance with paragraphs 13.3, 13.4, 13.5 and 13.6 providing the bassinet or infant seat is restrained so as to prevent it from moving under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight and in an emergency alighting, and precautions are taken to ensure that, at the times seat belts are required to be worn, the infant will not be thrown from the bassinet or infant seat under these accelerations.
           (2) When an infant is carried in the arms or on the lap of a passenger in accordance with subparagraph 13.2 (1) the seat belt, when required to be worn, shall be fastened around the passengers carrying or nursing the infant, but not around the infant.
           (3) When an infant is carried in the arms or on the lap of a passenger in accordance with subparagraph 13.2 (1) on an aircraft engaged in charter or regular public transport operations, the name of the infant shall be bracketed on the passenger list with the name of the person carrying or nursing the infant.
           (4) An infant must not be carried in an exit seat during take-off or landing unless the pilot in command is satisfied that the infant's presence in the seat will not obstruct or hinder the escape of other persons from the aircraft.
           (5) In subparagraph (4), exit seat means a seat that is in a row of seats adjoining an exit.
       13.3An infant seat, being a seat designed for the seating and restraint of infants, must not be used on an aircraft unless CASA or a recognised authority has approved the seat in writing as being of a type that is suitable for use by infants in an aircraft.
       13.4In paragraph 13.3, recognised authority means the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom, the Federal Aviation Administration of the