Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 131.310

  (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 .