Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 487 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 32

  32.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:
Starting and running of engines

"230. (1) A person must not:

   (a)  start the engine of an Australian aircraft; or

   (b)  permit the engine of an Australian aircraft to be run; except as
        permitted by this regulation. Penalty: $2,500.

"(2) The engine may be started or run while the aircraft is inside or outside
Australian territory if the control seat is occupied by an approved person or
by a person who may, under Part V, fly the aircraft.

"(3) If the aircraft is an aeroplane that is having maintenance carried out on
it, or that is being used for the provision of maintenance training, the
engine may be started or run if the control seat is occupied:

   (a)  whether the aircraft is inside or outside Australian territory-by a
        person who:

        (i)    holds an aircraft maintenance engineer licence, or an
               airworthiness authority, covering maintenance of the aircraft's
               engine; and

        (ii)   has sufficient knowledge of the aircraft's controls and systems
               to ensure the starting or running does not endanger any person
               or damage the aircraft; or

   (b)  if the aircraft is outside Australian territory-by a person who:

        (i)    if the aircraft is in a Contracting State-may under the law of
               the Contracting State start or run engines of the same type in
               connection with the carrying out of maintenance, or the
               provision of maintenance training, as the case requires; or

        (ii)   has qualifications that are recognised by the Authority as
               adequate for the purpose of starting or running engines of
               aircraft of the same type in connection with the carrying out
               of maintenance, or the provision of maintenance training, as
               the case requires.

"(4) If the aircraft is a rotorcraft or airship that is having maintenance
carried out on it, or that is being used for the provision of maintenance
training, the engine may be started or run:

   (a)  whether the aircraft is inside or outside Australian territory-by a
        person authorised, in writing, by the Authority or an authorised
        person to start and run the engine in connection with the carrying out
        of maintenance, or the provision of maintenance training, as the case
        requires; or

   (b)  if the aircraft is outside Australian territory-by a person who:

        (i)    if the aircraft is in a Contracting State-may under the law of
               the Contracting State start or run engines of the same type in
               connection with the carrying out of maintenance, or the
               provision of maintenance training, as the case requires; or

        (ii)   has qualifications that are recognised by the Authority as
               adequate for the purpose of starting or running engines of
               aircraft of the same type in connection with the carrying out
               of maintenance, or the provision of maintenance training, as
               the case requires.

"(5) The Authority may approve a person for the purposes of subregulation (2).

"(6) The Authority or an authorised person may authorise a person for the
purposes of paragraph (4) (a).

"(7) In this regulation, "maintenance training" means training for the purpose
of obtaining a qualification to carry out maintenance on aircraft.".