Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A Part 131 recreational activity means operating a Part 131 aircraft other than for one of the following:
(a) a balloon transport operation;
(b) a specialised balloon operation;
(c) balloon flying training (within the meaning of subregulation 5.01(1) of CAR) for the grant of a balloon flight crew licence (within the meaning of that subregulation) or a balloon flight crew rating (within the meaning of that subregulation).
Note: Balloon flying training for any of these purposes is a prescribed purpose under paragraph 206(a) of CAR which means an AOC is required to conduct this training. Balloon flying training conducted for other purposes is a Part 131 recreational activity.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a Part 131
recreational activity does not include operating a Part 131 aircraft in
any circumstances prescribed by the Part 131 Manual of Standards for
the purposes of this subregulation.