Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 4/12)
Character Range: 215173–217864

configuration of more than 3; or
 (b) during a flight is flown more than 50 nautical miles from the departure aerodrome for the flight.
 (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a flight of a rotorcraft if:
 (a) the rotorcraft is fitted with an inoperative automatic ELT, and the flight is for the purpose of taking the rotorcraft to a place for the repair, or re-fitting, of the ELT; and
 (b) a survival ELT is carried on the rotorcraft during the flight; and
 (c) no passengers are carried on the flight.
  Survival ELT
 (5) Subject to subsection (6), when a rotorcraft begins a flight, it must be fitted with, or carry, a survival ELT.
 (6) Subsection (5) only applies to a rotorcraft that:
 (a) has a maximum operational passenger seat configuration of 3 or less; and
 (b) during a flight is flown 50 nautical miles or less from the departure aerodrome for the flight; and
 (c) the rotorcraft is not fitted with an automatic ELT.
  Additional ELT requirements
 (7) For subsections (4) and (5), a survival ELT must be carried in one of the following locations on the rotorcraft:
 (a) on the person of a crew member;
 (b) in, or adjacent to, a life raft;
 (c) adjacent to an emergency exit used for evacuation of the rotorcraft in an emergency.
 (8) If the rotorcraft is required to carry a life raft equipped with a survival ELT under Division 11, the requirement under that Division is additional to the requirement under subsection (5).

11.42  ELT — basic technical requirements
  In this Division, an ELT is a transmitter that meets the following requirements:
 (a) if the transmitter is activated — the transmitter must transmit simultaneously on 121.5 MHz and 406 MHz;
 (b) if the transmitter is fitted to, or carried on, an Australian rotorcraft — the transmitter must be registered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and with no other authority;
 (c) if the transmitter is fitted to, or carried on, a foreign-registered rotorcraft — the transmitter must be registered with the authority of the rotorcraft's State of registry that is responsible for search and rescue services, and not with AMSA;
 (d) the transmitter must, for identification purposes, be coded in accordance with the requirements for the transmitter in Appendix 1 to Chapter 5 of Part II, Voice Communications, in Volume III of ICAO Annex 10, Aeronautical Telecommunications;
 (e) if the transmitter is fitted with a lithium-sulphur dioxide battery — the battery must be authorised by the FAA, or EASA, in accordance with (E)TSO-C142a.

11.43  Requirements to be classed as an automatic ELT
 (1) In this Division:
automatic ELT is an ELT that meets the requirements mentioned in subsection (2).
 (2)