Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not operate an aeroplane for an application operation that involves firefighting unless the emergency control authority responsible for the firefighting:
(a) has not, when the operation commences, taken control of the fighting of the fire; or
(b) has taken control of the firefighting and asks the person to carry out the operation.
(2) A pilot is authorised to conduct an application operation that:
(a) involves firefighting; and
(b) is requested by the relevant emergency control authority;
only if he or she has more than 500 hours experience as pilot in command in application operations when the operation commences.
(3) A contravention of subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Subpart 137.E -- All - weather operations
Note: Reserved for future use.
Subpart 137.H -- Aeroplane performance