Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1988 NO. 158 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS - REG 249

249. (1) Subject to this regulation, an aircraft that carries a passenger
shall not engage in any of the following types of flying:

   (a)  practice for the issue of a private pilot licence;

   (b)  practice for the purpose of obtaining an endorsement of the aircraft
        type in a pilot licence;

   (c)  low flying practice;

   (d)  testing an aircraft or its components, power plant or equipment.
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), "passenger" does not include an
approved person or a person engaged in instructing personnel or testing the
aircraft in flight.

(3) An aircraft while engaged in flying of the type specified in paragraph
(1)(d) may carry engineering and maintenance personnel who are required, as
part of their duties, to be present in the aircraft during the flight for the
purpose of flight observation or of maintenance of the aircraft, including any
aircraft component installed in the aircraft.