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Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 (as amended)

made under regulations 208 and 235 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
This compilation was prepared on 27 July 2021 taking into account amendments up to Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1).
Prepared by the Advisory & Drafting Branch, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 4

Contents
    Air service operations — carriage of persons
    Page

1 Application
2 Definitions
3 Seats
4 Seat belts and safety harnesses
5 Adjustment of seats
6 Cabin attendants
6A Manned balloons and hot air airships
7 Aisles
8 Smoking
9 Stowage of loose articles
10 Passenger service
11 Carriage of passengers in seats at which dual controls are fitted
12 Passenger capacity
13 Carriage of infants and children
   14 Persons or passengers who require assistance due to sickness, injury
   or disability
15 Carriage of parachutists
 Notes to Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3

Section 20.16.3

Air service operations — carriage of persons

1 Application
       This section applies to all Australian registered aircraft.

2 Definitions
       In this section, unless a contrary intention appears:
An aisle is a longitudinal passageway between seats.
A cabin attendant is a crew member, other than a flight crew member, who is qualified in the execution of emergency procedures in accordance with the requirements of section 20.11.
A child is a passenger who has reached his or her third but not his or her thirteenth birthday.
An infant is a passenger who has not reached his or her third birthday.
A passenger is a person who is not a crew member.

3 Seats
       3.1Each crew member and each passenger shall occupy a seat of an approved type:
(a) during take-off and landing; and
(b) during an instrument approach; and
(c) when the aircraft is flying at a height less than 1000 feet above the terrain; and
(d) in turbulent conditions:
       except:
 (i) infants, children and stretcher cases carried in accordance with subsections 13 and 14 respectively; and
 (ii) package dispatchers carried in accordance with section 29.5; and
 (iii) parachutists carried in accordance with subsection 15.
       3.2Each crew member and passenger shall occupy a seat of an approved type during agricultural operations and during acrobatic manoeuvres.
       3.3The operator of the aircraft must ensure that exit rows in the aircraft are occupied only by persons who are, subject to subsection 14, fully able and willing to assist with access to the emergency exits in the event of an emergency.

4 Seat belts and safety harnesses
       4.1Except as provided in subsections 14 and 15 safety harnesses, or seat belts where safety harnesses are not fitted, shall be worn by all persons at the times listed in paragraph 3.1. Seat belts