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CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 121.275

Carriage of passengers with reduced mobility

  (1)   The operator and the pilot in command of an aeroplane for a flight each contravene this subregulation   if, during the flight, a passenger with reduced mobility occupies a seat where the passenger could:

  (a)   hinder the crew in their safety duties; or

  (b)   obstruct access to emergency equipment; or

  (c)   hinder the evacuation of the aeroplane in an emergency.

  (2)   The operator of an aeroplane for a flight contravenes this subregulation   if:

  (a)   a passenger with reduced mobility is carried on the flight; and

  (b)   before the flight begins, the operator does not tell at least one of the following that the passenger is carried on the flight:

  (i)   the pilot in command of the aeroplane for the flight;

  (ii)   if one cabin crew member is carried on the flight--the cabin crew member;

  (iii)   if more than one cabin crew member is carried on the flight--the person assigned to duty as the senior cabin crew member for the flight under regulation   121.660.

  (3)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation   (1) or (2).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.


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