Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person may conduct an application operation over a populous area only if:
(a) the person is an operator; and
(b) the procedures for the operation are set out in the operations manual; and
(c) the operation was requested by a person that, under a law of a State or Territory, may authorise the operation.
(2) An operator must, before conducting the operation, make a plan for the operation that:
(a) includes consultation with the person that requested the operation; and
(b) identifies any obstructions to flight and sets out how these will be avoided; and
(c) identifies the most suitable emergency landing area for the operation; and
(d) sets out any coordination with ATC that is necessary for the operation.
(3) A contravention of subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.