Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00800:body:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00800
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Character Range: 15231–17962

approved the seat in writing as being of a type that is suitable for use by infants in an aircraft.
       13.4In paragraph 13.3, recognised authority means the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America or the authority of another country that is responsible for the safety of air navigation and that CASA declares in writing to be a recognised authority for the purposes of paragraph 13.3.
       13.5 An infant seat must not be used on an aircraft:
(a) if it is secured to a side-facing seat; or
(b) unless it is secured at all times during the flight, by means of a seat belt or as otherwise approved, to a seat ordinarily used by an adult passenger.
       13.6The use of an infant seat on an aircraft is subject to such conditions (if any) of which CASA notifies the operator of the aircraft in writing.

14 Persons or passengers who require assistance due to sickness, injury or disability
       14.1The operator of an aircraft must, as much as possible, identify any person on the aircraft who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability.
       14.2Subject to paragraph 14.5, the operator and pilot in command of an aircraft must ensure that any person who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability is not seated where he or she could obstruct or hinder access to any emergency exits.
       14.3If a person who requires assistance due to sickness, injury or disability is carried on an aircraft, the operator and pilot in command must:
(a) take all reasonable precautions to prevent hazards to other persons on the aircraft; and
(b) ensure that there are procedures in place to enable particular attention to be given to any such passenger in an emergency; and
(c) ensure that individual briefings on emergency procedures are given to any such person in accordance with Civil Aviation Order 20.11.
       14.4The carriage of stretcher patients on any aircraft must be in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) the stretcher must be secured in the aircraft so as to prevent it from moving under the maximum acceleration likely to be experienced in flight and in an emergency alighting such as ditching;
(b) the patient must be secured by an approved harness to the stretcher or aircraft structure.
Note   Psychiatric restraint equipment is not an approved harness for this purpose.
       14.5Paragraph 14.2 does not apply in relation to a rotorcraft or a smaller aeroplane if:
(a) the person who requires assistance is accompanied, or assisted, for the flight by a suitable person who is seated adjacent to the emergency exit; and
(b) the suitable person is accompanying or assisting only that person for the