Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187:reg:2:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 4/7)
Character Range: 348244–350965

ELTs.
       (2) Despite paragraph (1) (a), but without affecting paragraph (1) (b), when a single‑engine aircraft is flown further over water than the distance from which, with the engine inoperative, the aircraft could reach an area of land that is suitable for a forced landing — the aircraft must carry a survival ELT.
       (3) Without affecting paragraph (1) (b) (but subject to subsection (4)), paragraph (1) (a) does not apply to:
(a) a single-seat aircraft; or
(b) an aircraft in a flight for a purpose related to any of the following:
 (i) the aircraft's manufacture;
           (ii) the preparation or delivery of the aircraft following its purchase or transfer of operator;
           (iii) the positioning of an Australian aircraft from a location outside Australia to any place at which any ELTs required to be fitted to the aircraft by this Division will be registered with AMSA; or
(c) an aircraft flown no more than 50 NM from its place of departure.
       (3A) Without affecting paragraph (1) (b) (but subject to subsection (4)), subsection (2) does not apply to a single-engine aircraft if:
(a) the aircraft is a single-seat aircraft; or
(b) the aircraft flight is for a purpose related to any of the following:
 (i) the aircraft's manufacture;
           (ii) the preparation or delivery of the aircraft following its purchase or transfer of operator;
           (iii) the positioning of an Australian aircraft from a location outside Australia to any place at which any ELTs required to be fitted to the aircraft by this Division will be registered with AMSA; or
(c) the aircraft is:
 (i) fitted with an operative radio capable, in the event of an emergency, of alerting an appropriate person in relation to the emergency; or
           (ii) otherwise capable of continuous communication with a person on the ground during the aircraft's flight.
       (4) For paragraph (1) (b), an automatic ELT or a survival ELT that is fitted or carried need not meet the requirements of paragraph 26.49 (b) or (c) (as applicable), if the flight is for a purpose related to any of the following:
(a) the aircraft's manufacture; or
(b) the preparation or delivery of the aircraft following its purchase or transfer of operator; or
(c) the positioning of an Australian aircraft from a location outside Australia to any place at which any ELTs required to be fitted to the aircraft by this Division will be registered with AMSA.
       (5) For subsection (1), if the ELT carried is an automatic ELT that has a switch marked with the word "armed" (or with a similar word) — then the pilot in command must ensure that the switch is set to the armed  position at the time the flight begins.
       (6) For subsections