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CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 137.200

Installation of instruments and equipment

  (1)   Subject to subregulation   (3), the operator of an aeroplane that is to be used in an application operation must ensure that instruments and items of equipment, other than role equipment, used in the aeroplane are:

  (a)   other than items mentioned in subregulation   (3)--approved; and

  (b)   properly installed so they are fit for their purpose, and do not interfere with the operation of any other equipment; and

  (c)   except as provided in the applicable EL--serviceable.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (2)   For paragraph   (1)(b), an instrument or item of equipment is properly installed if:

  (a)   there is a Part   21 approval that covers the installation; and

  (b)   the instrument or item is installed in accordance with its approved design; and

  (c)   the instrument or item is compatible with the configuration of the aircraft; and

  (d)   the instrument or item is installed by a person who:

  (i)   has been trained to carry out the installation; and

  (ii)   is authorised, under these Regulations, to carry out the installation.

  (3)   The following items are not required to be approved:

  (a)   electric torch;

  (b)   timepiece;

  (c)   a GPS marking system;

  (d)   chart holder;

  (e)   first - aid kit;

  (f)   survival and pyrotechnic signalling equipment.

  (4)   A contravention of subregulation   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

  (5)   In this regulation:

"approved design" : see subregulation   42.015(1).

"Part 21 approval" : see subregulation   42.015(1).


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