Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 409 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3.   New regulation 235A

3.1 After regulation 235, insert: Minimum runway width

"235A. (1) In order to ensure the safety of air navigation, the Authority may
issue instructions specifying the minimum runway width applicable to an
aeroplane or a type of aeroplane.

"(2) An aeroplane must not land at, or take-off from, a runway if the minimum
width of the runway is less than the minimum runway width specified for that
aeroplane or the type in which the aeroplane is included. Penalty: $5,000.

"(3) An instruction issued under subregulation (1) does not have effect in
relation to a person until it has been:

   (a)  served on the person; or

   (b)  published in AIP.

"(4) The Authority may, by instrument in writing, exempt an aeroplane or
aeroplanes of a specified type, model or series from compliance with an
instruction issued under subregulation (1).

"(5) An exemption may be subject to such conditions, if any, as the Authority
specifies in the instrument as being necessary in the interests of safety.

"(6) Before the Authority decides to:

   (a)  exempt an aeroplane or a type, model or series of aeroplane from
        compliance with an instruction; or

   (b)  make an exemption subject to conditions; the Authority must take into
        account any relevant considerations relating to the interests of
        safety.

"(7) An aeroplane to which an exemption applies must not land at or take-off
from a runway in contravention of a condition referred to in subregulation
(6). Penalty : $5,000.

"(8) In this regulation, type of aeroplane means a group of aeroplanes in
respect of which a single type certificate is in force."
(EXAMPLES:
1. Learjet Models 31 and 31A aeroplanes
2. Boeing 747 series 100 and series 200B aeroplanes.)"