Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00333:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00333
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/12)
Character Range: 150093–152751

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), when an aeroplane begins a flight, it must be fitted with an automatic ELT.
 (2) For subsection (1), if the automatic ELT has a switch marked, however described, as 'armed', the pilot in command must ensure that the switch is set to this position at the time the flight begins.
 (3) Subsection (1) only applies to an aeroplane that during the flight is flown more than 50 nautical miles from the departure aerodrome for the flight.
 (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a flight of an aeroplane if:
 (a) the aeroplane is fitted with an unserviceable automatic ELT, and the flight is for the purpose of taking the aeroplane to a place for the repair, or re-fitting, of the ELT; and
 (b) a survival ELT is carried on the aeroplane during the flight; and
 (c) no passengers are carried on the flight.
  Survival ELT
 (5) Subject to subsection (6), when an aeroplane begins a flight, it must be fitted with, or carry, a survival ELT.
 (6) Subsection (5) only applies to an aeroplane that:
 (a) during the flight is flown 50 nautical miles or less from the departure aerodrome for the flight; and
 (c) the aeroplane is not fitted with an automatic ELT.
  Additional ELT requirements
 (7) For subsections (4) and (5), a survival ELT must be carried in one of the following locations on the aeroplane:
 (a) on the person of a crew member;
 (b) in, or adjacent to, a life raft;
 (c) adjacent to an emergency exit used for evacuation of the aeroplane in an emergency.
 (8) If the aeroplane is required to carry a life raft equipped with a survival ELT under Division 12, the requirement under that Division is additional to the requirement under subsection (5).

11.48  ELT — basic technical requirements
  In this Division, an ELT is a transmitter that meets the following requirements:
 (a) if the transmitter is activated — the transmitter must transmit simultaneously on 121.5 MHz and 406 MHz;
 (b) if the transmitter is fitted to, or carried on, an Australian aeroplane — the transmitter must be registered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and with no other authority;
 (c) if the transmitter is fitted to, or carried on, a foreign-registered aeroplane — the transmitter must be registered with the authority of the aeroplane's State of registry that is responsible for search and rescue services, and not with AMSA;
 (d) the transmitter must, for identification purposes, be coded in accordance with the requirements for the transmitter in Appendix 1 to Chapter 5 of Part II, Voice Communications, in Volume III of ICAO Annex 10, Aeronautical Telecommunications;
 (e) if the transmitter is fitted with