Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107:body:0:p21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107
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Character Range: 54455–57494

requires the carriage of 2 reserve parachutes for a cutaway descent.
 (2) A parachutist instructor who is supervising a parachute descent authorised by a student parachutist certificate must ensure the trainee parachutist does not commence the descent unless the trainee parachutist is wearing parachute equipment comprised of the reserve parachute assembly and a main parachute.
Note: Equipment that comprises the reserve parachute assembly must meet the requirements of TSO-C23 or ETSO-C23: see section 2.04 and the definition of reserve parachute assembly in subsection 1.04(5).

5.10  Main parachute and container compatibility—parachutist requirements

Application
 (1) This section applies in relation to a parachute descent in which fore-and-aft parachute equipment is not used.
Note: See the definition of fore-and-aft parachute equipment in section 1.04.

Descents by holders of parachutist certificates
 (2) The holder of a parachutist certificate must not commence a parachute descent equipped with a main parachute and a parachute container that have not, under section 5.11 or 5.12, been assessed within the previous 12 months as being compatible for safe operation.

Descents by trainee parachutists
 (3) A parachutist instructor who is supervising a parachute descent authorised by a student parachutist certificate must not permit the trainee parachutist to commence the descent equipped with a main parachute and parachute container that have not, under section 5.11, been assessed within the previous 6 months as being compatible for safe operation.

Tandem descents
 (4) On and after 2 December 2024, a parachutist instructor must not commence a tandem descent in which the person controls the descent if the instructor is equipped with a main parachute and parachute container that have not, under section 5.11, been assessed within the previous 6 months as being compatible for safe operation.

5.11  Main parachute and container compatibility—packer and rigger requirements, etc.

Assessment of compatibility
 (1) Subject to section 5.12, an assessment of the compatibility of the main parachute and the parachute container of a reserve parachute assembly must be conducted by a packer or rigger.
 (2) In conducting the assessment, the packer or rigger must follow the procedures for conducting compatibility assessments mentioned in subsection (6).
 (3) Subsection (4) applies if the packer or rigger is satisfied that the main parachute and the parachute container are compatible for safe operation.
 (4) The packer or rigger must, in accordance with the requirements of the ASAO mentioned in subsection 5.06(3), make the following records in the parachute packing logbook of the reserve parachute:
 (a) a statement that the person considers the main parachute and the parachute container are compatible for safe operation;
 (b) information that identifies the main parachute and the reserve parachute assembly.
 (5) The main parachute and the parachute container are assessed as compatible if the records mentioned