(1) This regulation does not apply in relation to the following kinds of cargo on an aircraft:
(a) an assistance animal carried in a passenger cabin;
(c) equipment that is required or permitted under these Regulations to be carried on the aircraft without being restrained or stowed;
(d) cargo to be dropped from the aircraft during a dropping operation.
(2) The operator and the pilot in command of an aircraft for a flight each contravene this subregulation if cargo carried on the flight is not:
(a) restrained using equipment that is approved under regulation 21.305 or 21.305A; or
(b) securely stowed in a place designed and approved for that purpose under Part 21; or
(c) for equipment of a foreign registered aircraft operating in Australian territory--restrained or stowed in accordance with any requirements under the law of the aircraft's State of registry or the State of the operator.
(3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subregulation (2).