Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:3:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 6/67)
Character Range: 2745372–2748034

from aircraft
 (1) The pilot in command of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight contravenes this subregulation if, during the flight:
 (a) a thing is dropped from the aircraft; and
 (b) the safety of the aircraft, or of any person or property, is likely to be endangered as a result of the thing being dropped.
Note: Part 105 applies in relation to parachute descents undertaken from Part 131 aircraft.
 (2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a thing of a kind prescribed by the Part 131 Manual of Standards.
 (3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subregulation (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.

131.315  Flights at night
 (1) The operator and the pilot in command of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight that is a balloon transport operation each contravene this subregulation if:
 (a) the aircraft is flown at night; and
 (b) the operator or pilot in command does not hold an approval under regulation 131.035 to fly the aircraft at night.
 (2) The pilot in command of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight that is not a balloon transport operation contravenes this subregulation if:
 (a) the aircraft is flown at night; and
 (b) the pilot in command does not hold:
 (i) if the flight is a specialised balloon operation that requires an approval under regulation 131.035 to conduct the operation—an approval under regulation 131.035 to fly the aircraft at night; or
 (ii) otherwise—an authorisation from a Part 131 ASAO to fly the aircraft at night.
 (3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1) or (2).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.

131.320  Use of supplemental oxygen equipment etc.
 (1) The operator and pilot in command of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight that is a balloon transport operation each contravene this subregulation if:
 (a) during the flight, the aircraft is flown above 10,000 ft above mean sea level; and
 (b) the operator does not hold an approval under regulation 131.035 to fly the aircraft above that height.
 (2) The operator and pilot in command of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight each contravene this subregulation if, during the flight, a requirement mentioned in subregulation (3) is not met for the flight.
 (3) The Part 131 Manual of Standards may prescribe requirements about the use, by persons on board a Part 131 aircraft for a flight, of equipment to supply supplemental oxygen during the flight.
 (4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1) or