Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:35:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 35 (pt 1/20)
Character Range: 1721785–1724677

35    AD/General/85                                      Regulation 90.280

90.020  Issue of Manual of Standards
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 98(5A) of the Act, CASA may issue a Manual of Standards for this Part prescribing matters:
 (a) required or permitted by these Regulations to be prescribed by the Part 90 Manual of Standards; or
 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Part.
 (2) In particular, the Part 90 Manual of Standards may set out matters relating to the airworthiness of, or design standards for, aircraft, including standards for the following:
 (a) cabin crew seats and related equipment;
 (b) escape devices;
 (c) access to emergency exits;
 (d) interior and exterior emergency exit marking;
 (e) interior and exterior emergency lighting;
 (f) floor proximity emergency escape paths;
 (g) over‑wing escape routes;
 (h) materials used in the interior of cabins;
 (i) symbols identifying emergency exits;
 (j) landing gear aural warning systems and associated devices.
Note: Subpart 11.J sets out procedures for the issue, amendment and revocation of a Manual of Standards.
Subpart 90.B—General provisions

90.100  Applicability
  This Subpart applies to aircraft other than the following:
 (a) balloons;
 (b) airships;
 (c) sailplanes;
 (d) powered sailplanes;
 (e) an aircraft for which any of the following is in force:
 (i) a special certificate of airworthiness mentioned in regulation 21.186, 21.189 or 21.190;
 (ii) an experimental certificate;
 (iii) a special flight permit;
 (iv) a provisional certificate of airworthiness.

90.105  Flight crew restraints
 (1) The registered operator of an aircraft to which this Subpart applies commits an offence if:
 (a) the registered operator:
 (i) operates the aircraft; or
 (ii) permits a person to operate the aircraft; and
 (b) a requirement in this regulation is not met while the aircraft is operating.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) For a large aeroplane that was originally certificated on or after 1 January 1958, each seat in the flight crew compartment must be fitted with an approved safety harness that meets the requirements in subregulations (4) and (6).
 (3) For any other aircraft, each seat that is:
 (a) a flight crew seat; or
 (b) a seat in the front row of seats in the aircraft's cockpit;
must be fitted with an approved safety harness that meets the requirements in subregulations (5) and (6).
 (4) For subregulation (2), the safety harness must consist of:
 (a) an approved symmetrical type harness; or
 (b) a single shoulder strap harness that was approved and installed before 6 March 1980; or
 (c) for an aircraft of a type prescribed by the Part 90 Manual of Standards—a single shoulder strap harness.
 (5) For subregulation (3), the safety harness must consist of a lap belt and at least 1 shoulder strap.
 (6) For subregulations (2) and