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EFB that is portable and mounted.
Note   A Class 3 EFB means an EFB that is aircraft-installed. This Order does not deal with Class 3 EFB.
CAR 1988 means the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
CASR 1998 means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
data means digital data primarily used for the operation of an aircraft, including aeronautical maps, charts, and any other written, numerical, diagrammatic or cartographic information or instructions.
EFB system means the hardware, the operating system, the loaded software and any antennae, connections and power sources, used for the operation of an EFB.
electronic flight bag, or EFB, means the portable electronic device of an EFB system that satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) it is not an instrument, equipment or navigation computer to which any of the following, as in force immediately before 2 December 2021, would have applied:
 (i) regulation 207 of CAR 1988;
 (ii) regulation 232A of CAR 1988;
 (iii) Civil Aviation Order 20.18;
(b) it provides, as a minimum, data storage, search, computational and display capabilities;
(c) it uses a screen which displays data in a size and form that is at least as easily read and used as it would be in a paper document for which the EFB would be a substitute;
(d) it is used primarily on the flight deck of an aircraft by the flight crew of the aircraft for the purpose of accessing and using data relevant to the operation of the aircraft.
flight crew EFB means the permitted EFB which the AOC holder must ensure each operating flight crew member has the exclusive use of on the flight deck of an aircraft.
Note   See subclause 3.5 of this Appendix.
functionality level means 1 of the following functionality levels mentioned in subclause 1.3:
(a) functionality level 1;
(b) functionality level 2;
(c) functionality level 3;
(d) functionality level 4.
HFO, for an AOC holder, means the head of flying operations (however described).
mounted has the meaning given in paragraph (b) of the definition of portable, and includes a mount that is:
(a) attached to the aircraft; or
(b) not attached to the aircraft but secured to a flight crew member, for example, a kneepad.
Note   The mount for an EFB that is mounted to the aircraft structure requires airworthiness approval under Subpart 21.M of the CASR 1998.
operating flight crew member means a member of the minimum flight crew required for operation of an aircraft under its AFM.
portable, for an EFB, means designed by its manufacturer to be carried by hand, and carried by hand onto the flight deck of an aircraft by a flight crew member or an authorised EFB custodian, for use:
(a) without a