Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 4/105)
Character Range: 403515–406138

charter operation must carry on board an aircraft enough restraining devices to permit the restraint of at least 2 passengers.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (2) The restraining devices must be stored on the aircraft in a place that:
 (a) is readily accessible to the aircraft's crew; and
 (b) is not visible nor readily accessible to the aircraft's passengers.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.

4.67  Security of flight crew compartment—all aircraft
 (1) This regulation applies to an aircraft that is used to operate a prescribed air service.
 (2) If such an aircraft has a cockpit door:
 (a) the door must be able to be locked; and
 (b) there must be a means for the cabin crew to communicate with the flight crew while the door is locked.
 (3) If the aircraft has a cockpit door, the door must remain locked from the time the aircraft's passenger doors are closed and secured for departure until they are unlocked to allow the passengers to disembark, except:
 (a) when necessary to allow a person to enter or leave the cockpit; or
 (b) when otherwise necessary for safety reasons.
 (4) A person must not be allowed to enter the cockpit after the aircraft has taken off unless:
 (a) he or she is authorised to do so by the aircraft's pilot in command or the aircraft's operator and:
 (i) is a member of the aircraft's crew; or
 (ii) is an employee of the aircraft's operator; or
 (iii) is authorised or required by the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 or the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 to enter the cockpit; and
 (b) he or she holds appropriate identification as a person referred to in paragraph (a).
 (5) If subregulation (2), (3) or (4) is contravened, the operator of the aircraft concerned commits an offence.
Penalty: 200 penalty units.
 (6) A contravention of subregulation (5) is an offence of strict liability.
 (7) It is a defence to a charge of contravening subregulation (2) or (3) that the aircraft concerned:
 (a) had a faulty door lock, or that the door lock became faulty during flight; and
 (b) was being returned to a place at which the lock could be repaired.
 (8) If an operator is returning an aircraft with a faulty door lock to a place at which the lock can be repaired, the operator of the aircraft must inform the Secretary, as soon as practicable, of:
 (a) the flight; and
 (b) the measures taken to ensure that the cockpit of the aircraft is secure during the flight.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

4.68  Additional requirements for security of flight crew compartment—aircraft with seating capacity 30 or more
 (1) This regulation applies in relation to an aircraft operated for the purposes of