Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:3:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 7/12)
Character Range: 222552–225145

or a multi‑engine rotorcraft, flown in performance class 3 — the rotorcraft will be flown further over water than the distance from which, with 1 engine inoperative, the rotorcraft could reach land; or
 (b) for a multi‑engine rotorcraft — the rotorcraft will be flown over water more than 50 nautical miles from land; or
 (c) in the event of an emergency happening during the take‑off and initial climb stage, or approach and landing, or baulked landing stage, of the flight — the rotorcraft is reasonably likely to land in water; or
 (d) the flight is to, or from, a helideck.
 (2) Subject to subsection (5), when a relevant flight begins, the rotorcraft must carry the following:
 (a) for each infant on board — a life jacket, or another equally effective flotation device, which may have a whistle;
 (b) for each other person on board — a life jacket that must have a whistle.
 (3) Subject to subsection (5), during a relevant flight, each person for whom a life jacket is required to be carried by this section must wear the life jacket.
 (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), if an infant is in an infant flotation cot during a relevant flight, the rotorcraft does not need to carry a life jacket for the infant and the infant does not have to wear a life jacket.
 (5) This section does not apply if:
 (a) the rotorcraft is flown over water for the purpose of climbing after take-off from, or descending to land at, an aerodrome; and
 (b) the rotorcraft is flown in accordance with a navigational procedure that is normal;
 (i) for the take-off, or take-off and initial climb, stage of the flight; or
 (ii) from 1 000 ft during the approach and landing, or baulked landing stage of the flight.

11.50  Life raft carriage requirements
  Application of this section
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this section applies to a flight of a rotorcraft if the flight is a passenger transport operation and during the flight, the rotorcraft will be flown further, over water, from a suitable forced landing area situated on land, then a distance that is:
 (a) for a multi‑engine rotorcraft — the shorter of the following:
 (i) the distance the rotorcraft would fly in 30 minutes at the planned cruising speed, for the flight, in still air;
 (ii) 50 nautical miles; or
 (b) for a single‑engine rotorcraft with operational control that would enable, in the event of an emergency, an immediate initiation of a response to the emergency by a search and rescue body — 25 nautical miles; or
 (c) for a single‑engine rotorcraft to which paragraph (b) does not apply — the distance the rotorcraft would fly