Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1988 NO. 158 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS - REG 262

262. (1) The Authority may authorise officers of the Authority to undertake
examinations, inspections or checks of the work of an aircraft's crew, the
operation of an aircraft or its equipment or of the ground organisation
provided by the operator of an aircraft for use by aircraft.

(2) Officers authorised under this regulation shall be provided with
accommodation on aircraft in the following circumstances:

   (a)  on receipt of 7 days' notice prior to a flight from the officer of his
        or her intention to travel on that flight;

   (b)  on immediate demand from the officer of his or her intention to
        travel, if his or her carriage in the aircraft does not mean the
        off-loading of a passenger or of cargo being carried in the aircraft
        on the particular flight concerned;

   (c)  on immediate demand from the officer of his or her intention to travel
        irrespective of whether his or her carriage in the aircraft means the
        off-loading of a passenger or of goods, if the officer considers the
        circumstances of the case so warrant.

(3) In every case where the carriage of an officer in the circumstances
specified in paragraph (2) (a) or (c) entails a loss of revenue to the owner
of the aircraft due to the necessity of providing accommodation which would
otherwise have been used for the carriage of a paying passenger or of cargo
for which freight would have been charged, the owner shall be paid an amount
equivalent to the loss of revenue.