Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341:body:0:p62
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00341
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 154461–157350

operator must have written procedures for the safe on-board storage of the firearm during the operation and the procedures must include the requirements of this section;
(b) the procedures must require that the pilot in command is informed of, and consents to, a firearm being possessed or carried on the aircraft;
(c) the pilot in command must be so informed and voluntarily consent, in accordance with paragraph (b);
(d) the person who possesses or carries the firearm must be made aware of the procedures and, before boarding the aircraft, agree to comply with them;
(e) before the aircraft takes off for the operation the requirements of this section and the operator's procedures must have been complied with.

17.05 Pilot requirements for aerial platform shooting
       (1) The pilot in command of the aircraft engaged in aerial platform shooting must:
(a) have been trained by the operator in the safe possession, carriage and discharge of firearms by a person while on an aircraft; and
(b) either:
           (i) have documented experience as a pilot in aerial platform shooting operations; or
           (ii) for the purpose of gaining such documented experience — have commenced, and be still engaged in, training which is conducted by a person who:
            (A) meets the requirements in section 23.10 of this MOS; and
            (B) has documented experience in aerial platform shooting operations.
       (2) The pilot in command of an aerial work certificate holder's aircraft is taken to meet the requirements of subparagraph (1) (b) (ii), if the pilot meets the requirements for gaining the relevant experience as set out in the operator's operations manual.

17.06 Task specialist requirements — discharge of firearms
       (1) For this section of the MOS, to be authorised to carry, otherwise possess, and discharge, a firearm for a particular task specialist operation in a particular category of aircraft, a task specialist must:
(a) be authorised to carry, otherwise possess and discharge the firearm by a law of the Commonwealth, the State or the Territory; and
(b) meet the requirements of this section.
       (2) The task specialist must have successfully completed a training course about the on-board storage, carrying, otherwise possessing, and discharging, of a firearm for the particular task specialist operation in the particular category of aircraft to be used in the operation.
       (3) For subsection (2), the training course must be:
(a) based on a written syllabus; and
(b) conducted by:
           (i) the operator, in accordance with a firearms possession and use training program set out in the operator's operations manual; or
           (ii) an aerial platform shooting training organisation whose course is accredited for this purpose by an authority of a State or Territory; and
(c) documented by the operator or the organisation (as the