Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:6:p66
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 66/79)
Character Range: 2696010–2698958

an instrument previously issued by CASA in which the conditions or other substantive content of the instrument are unchanged.

131.035  Approvals by CASA for Part 131
 (1) If a provision of this Part, or of the Part 131 Manual of Standards, refers to a person holding an approval under this regulation, the person may apply to CASA, in writing, for the approval.
 (2) Subject to regulation 11.055, CASA must grant the approval.
 (3) Subregulation 11.055(1B) applies to the granting of an approval under this regulation for paragraph 131.145(2)(a).

131.040  Prescribed purpose—balloon transport operations
  For the purposes of subsection 27(9) of the Act, the flying or operation of a Part 131 aircraft for a balloon transport operation is a prescribed purpose.

131.045  Prescribed position—safety manager
Note: This regulation heading is reserved for future use.

131.050  Required material—reference library
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 28BH(2)(b) of the Act, the following material is required for a balloon transport operator:
 (a) the civil aviation legislation that is relevant to the operator's balloon transport operations;
 (b) the parts of the AIP that are relevant to the operations;
 (c) all information about the flight operations of each class of Part 131 aircraft operated by the operator for the operations that is necessary to ensure the safe conduct of the operations;
 (d) any other publications, information or data required for the reference library by the operator's exposition.
 (2) To avoid doubt, if material is required under subregulation (1), the requirement is taken to be satisfied if an electronic copy of the material is readily available.

131.055  Issue of Manual of Standards for Part 131
  For the purposes of subsection 98(5A) of the Act, CASA may issue a Manual of Standards for this Part prescribing matters:
 (a) required or permitted by these Regulations to be prescribed by the Part 131 Manual of Standards; or
 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Part.
Subpart 131.B—Operator certification and management

Division 131.B.1—Requirement for certification for balloon transport operations

131.060  Balloon transport AOC required to conduct balloon transport operations
 (1) A person contravenes this subregulation if:
 (a) the person conducts a balloon transport operation; and
 (b) the person does not hold a balloon transport AOC that authorises the person to conduct the operation.
 (2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

131.065  Compliance with balloon transport AOC
 (1) A person contravenes this subregulation if:
 (a) the person conducts a balloon transport operation; and
 (b) the person:
 (i) holds a balloon transport AOC that authorises the person to conduct the balloon transport operation; but
 (ii) conducts the operation in a way that contravenes