Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187:reg:8:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 6/8)
Character Range: 283874–286715

other aircraft for which an experimental certificate has been issued and is in force under paragraph 21.191 (g) or (h) of CASR.
       (2) Before an Australian aircraft begins a flight, any equipment that is required to be fitted to, or carried on, the aircraft under this Chapter (other than equipment required under Division 26.16) must be compliant with the requirements of, or approved under, Part 21 of CASR.
Note   Division 26.16 contains requirements for mandatory or optional carriage of surveillance equipment, most of which requires TSO or ETSO authorisation. However, the Division also contains a conditional alleviation. For the relevant equipment, a requirement for Part 21 approval would inappropriately negate this conditional alleviation.
       (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the following:
(a) an item of equipment used to display the time;
(b) an independent portable light, for example, a flashlight or torch;
(c) a headset;
(d) a sea anchor and other equipment for mooring;
(e) survival equipment, including signalling equipment.
       (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a relevant aircraft in respect of any required radiocommunication system if the aircraft is fitted with a radiocommunication system which provides the pilot with the same radiocommunication capability as would be provided if the radiocommunication system had complied with subsection (2).
       (6) Before a foreign-registered aircraft begins a flight in Australian airspace, the equipment required by this Chapter to be fitted to, or carried on, the aircraft must have been approved by the NAA of the aircraft's State of registry.
       (7) If equipment is carried on an aircraft although not required by this Chapter to be fitted or carried, then:
(a) the equipment need not be compliant with the requirements of, or approved under, Part 21 of CASR; and
(b) for a foreign-registered aircraft — the equipment need not have been approved by the NAA of the aircraft's State of registry; and
(c) any information, or data, provided by the equipment must not be used by any flight crew member for a flight to comply with any requirement of the civil aviation legislation in relation to communications or navigation; and
(d) the equipment, whether functional or otherwise, must not at any time affect the airworthiness of the aircraft.
Note   For other requirements in relation to surveillance equipment that is not required to be fitted or carried, see section 26.69.

26.03 Visibility and accessibility of pilot-operated equipment
       (1) This section applies in relation to equipment that is required under this Chapter to be fitted to, or carried on, an aircraft for a flight.
       (2) Any equipment that is for a pilot's manual or visual use in, or from, the cockpit must be visible to, and usable by, the pilot from the pilot's seat