Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The operator and the pilot in command of a rotorcraft for a flight each contravene this subregulation if, during the flight, an emergency exit is obstructed.
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), an emergency exit is not obstructed only because a seat adjacent to the exit, or a seat in a row of seats adjacent to the exit, is occupied by a passenger.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if:
(a) the flight is a medical transport operation; and
(b) the emergency exit is obstructed by a stretcher fit - out that is described or identified in a supplemental type certificate for the rotorcraft.
(4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (1).
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters
in subregulation (3): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal
Code .