Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:12:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12 (pt 3/30)
Character Range: 2289043–2291765

see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

101.195  Marking—unmanned free balloons generally
 (1) A person may operate an unmanned free balloon that carries a trailing antenna that requires a force of more than 230 newtons to break it only if the antenna has coloured streamers or pennants attached to it every 15 metres.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (2) A person may operate an unmanned free balloon that carries a payload only if the payload has fixed to it a durable identification plate carrying sufficient information:
 (a) to identify the payload; and
 (b) to enable somebody who finds the payload to contact the person who released the balloon.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
 (3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to a light or medium balloon operated by the Bureau of Meteorology.
 (4) An offence against subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

101.200  Marking by day—heavy balloons

 (1) A person may operate a heavy balloon (being a heavy balloon that has its payload suspended more than 15 metres below the envelope) above 60 000 feet pressure altitude by day only if:
 (a) the payload's suspension is coloured in alternate bands of conspicuous colours, or has coloured pennants attached to it; or
 (b) the balloon has a conspicuous payload‑recovery parachute suspended under the envelope, or the balloon is suspended beneath a conspicuous open parachute.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (2) For subregulation (1), a balloon is being operated by day if the sun is above the balloon's horizon.
 (3) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

101.205  Lighting by night—heavy balloons
 (1) A person may operate a heavy balloon above 60 000 feet pressure altitude at night only if it is lit so as to be visible in VMC from at least 4 kilometres away.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (2) For subregulation (1), a balloon is being operated at night if the sun is below the balloon's horizon.
 (3) The lighting required by subregulation (1) may be inside the balloon, on its outside, or on the ground.
 (4) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

101.210  Obligation to stay in communication with ATC—medium and heavy balloons
 (1) The operator of a medium or heavy balloon must establish and maintain communication with the relevant air traffic control service from the time the balloon begins to be inflated until the flight ends.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
 (2) The operator must tell the relevant air traffic control service at least 1 hour before