Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The operator of a Part 131 aircraft for a flight that is a balloon transport operation contravenes this subregulation if:
(a) the Part 131 Manual of Standards prescribes an item of equipment for the purposes of this regulation; and
(b) when the flight begins, the information prescribed by the Part 131 Manual of Standards for that equipment is not available for immediate communication by the operator to a rescue coordination centre.
(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1).