Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:5:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 36/36)
Character Range: 3102300–3104858

and equipment

137.200  Installation of instruments and equipment
 (1) Subject to subregulation (3), the operator of an aeroplane that is to be used in an application operation must ensure that instruments and items of equipment, other than role equipment, used in the aeroplane are:
 (a) other than items mentioned in subregulation (3)—approved; and
 (b) properly installed so they are fit for their purpose, and do not interfere with the operation of any other equipment; and
 (c) except as provided in the applicable MEL—serviceable.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) For paragraph (1)(b), an instrument or item of equipment is properly installed if:
 (a) there is a Part 21 approval that covers the installation; and
 (b) the instrument or item is installed in accordance with its approved design; and
 (c) the instrument or item is compatible with the configuration of the aircraft; and
 (d) the instrument or item is installed by a person who:
 (i) has been trained to carry out the installation; and
 (ii) is authorised, under these Regulations, to carry out the installation.
 (3) The following items are not required to be approved:
 (a) electric torch;
 (b) timepiece;
 (c) a GPS marking system;
 (d) chart holder;
 (e) first‑aid kit;
 (f) survival and pyrotechnic signalling equipment.
 (4) A contravention of subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
 (5) In this regulation:
approved design: see subregulation 42.015(1).
Part 21 approval: see subregulation 42.015(1).

137.210  Position of instruments and equipment
 (1) The operator of an aeroplane must not allow the aeroplane to be used in an application operation unless:
 (a) equipment on the aeroplane that is operated during flight by only 1 crew member is installed so that it can readily be operated from the member's station; and
 (b) an instrument that need only be read by 1 crew member is installed:
 (i) so the crew member can easily read the instrument from his or her station; and
 (ii) as close as practicable to the crew member's line of vision in the direction of the flight path.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) A contravention of subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

137.215  Instruments and equipment required
 (1) The operator of an aeroplane must not allow the aeroplane to engage in an application operation unless it is fitted with the equipment mentioned in each item of Table 137.215‑1.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

Table 137.215‑1 Equipment for all application operations
Item                                                      Equipment