Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 91.710

  (1)   This regulation applies to a flight of an aircraft if:

  (a)   when the flight begins, icing conditions are known or suspected for the flight path along which the aircraft will be flown; or

  (b)   both:

  (i)   during the flight, the aircraft flies into icing conditions; and

  (ii)   the pilot in command does not, as soon as practicable, change the aircraft's flight path to try and avoid the icing conditions.

  (2)   The pilot in command of an aircraft for a flight contravenes this subregulation   if, when the flight began, the aircraft was not type certificated as complying with the airworthiness standards relating to flight in icing conditions.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subregulation   (2).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.