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35    AD/General/85                                      Regulation 90.280

90.020  Issue of Manual of Standards
 (1) For paragraph 98 (5A) (b) of the Act, CASA may issue a Manual of Standards for this Part that sets out matters relating to the airworthiness of, or design standards for, aircraft.
 (2) In particular, the Part 90 Manual of Standards may set out standards for the following:
 (a) cabin crew seats and related equipment;
 (b) escape devices;
 (c) access to emergency exits;
 (d) interior and exterior emergency exit marking;
 (e) interior and exterior emergency lighting;
 (f) floor proximity emergency escape paths;
 (g) over‑wing escape routes;
 (h) materials used in the interior of cabins;
 (i) symbols identifying emergency exits.
Note: Subpart 11.J sets out procedures for the issue, amendment and revocation of a Manual of Standards.

Subpart 90.B—General provisions

90.100  Applicability
  This Subpart applies to aircraft other than the following:
 (a) balloons;
 (b) airships;
 (c) sailplanes;
 (d) powered sailplanes;
 (e) an aircraft for which any of the following is in force:
 (i) a special certificate of airworthiness mentioned in regulation 21.186, 21.189 or 21.190;
 (ii) an experimental certificate;
 (iii) a special flight permit;
 (iv) a provisional certificate of airworthiness.

90.105  Flight crew restraints
 (1) The registered operator of an aircraft to which this Subpart applies commits an offence if:
 (a) the registered operator:
 (i) operates the aircraft; or
 (ii) permits a person to operate the aircraft; and
 (b) a requirement in this regulation is not met while the aircraft is operating.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) For a large aeroplane that was originally certificated on or after 1 January 1958, each seat in the flight crew compartment must be equipped with an approved safety harness that meets the requirements in subregulations (4) and (6).
 (3) For any other aircraft, each seat that is:
 (a) a flight crew seat; or
 (b) a seat in the front row of seats in the aircraft's cockpit;
must be equipped with an approved safety harness that meets the requirements in subregulations (5) and (6).
 (4) For subregulation (2), the safety harness must consist of:
 (a) an approved symmetrical type harness; or
 (b) a single shoulder strap harness that was approved and installed before 6 March 1980.
 (5) For subregulation (3), the safety harness must consist of a lap belt and at least 1 shoulder strap.
 (6) For subregulations (2) and (3), the safety harness must:
 (a) allow any flight crew member who is occupying the seat and has the harness correctly fastened to perform his or her functions; and
 (b) when not in use, be able to be secured so it does not:
 (i) prevent the proper operation of the aircraft; or
 (ii) hinder a person in the aircraft if he or she must