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CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 No. 54 - REG 3.

Regulation 234 (Fuel requirements) 3.1
Omit the regulation, substitute:
Fuel requirements
"234.(1) The pilot in command of an aircraft must not commence a flight within Australian territory, or to or from Australian territory, unless he or she has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the aircraft carries sufficient fuel and oil to enable the proposed flight to be undertaken in safety.
Penalty: $5,000.
"(2) An operator of an aircraft must take reasonable steps to ensure that an aircraft does not commence a flight as part of the operator's operations unless the aircraft is carrying sufficient fuel and oil to enable the proposed flight to be undertaken in safety.
Penalty: $5,000.
"(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, in determining whether fuel and oil carried on an aircraft in respect of a particular flight was sufficient within the meaning of subregulations (1) and (2), a court must, in addition to any other matters, take into account the following matters:
(a) the distance to be travelled by the aircraft on the flight to reach the proposed destination;
(b) the meteorological conditions in which the aircraft is, or may be required, to fly;
(c) the possibility of:
(i) a forced diversion to an alternative aerodrome; and
(ii) a delay pending landing clearance; and
(iii) air traffic control re-routing the flight after commencement of the flight; and
(iv) a loss of pressurisation in the aircraft; and
(v) where the aircraft is a multi-engined aircraft - an engine failure;
(d) any guidelines issued from time to time by the Authority for the purposes of this regulation.".


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