| (1) |
For the purposes of this Subpart, any reference to the initial date of a type certificate (TC) or certificate of airworthiness (C of A) means the first time that TC or C of A was issued for that aircraft type. |
| (2) |
An air service operator shall ensure that a flight does not commence unless the instruments and equipment required under this Subpart, or otherwise installed on the aeroplane are such that will enable the flight crew to control the flight path of the aeroplane, carry out any required procedural manoeuvres and observe the operating limitations of the aeroplane in the expected operating conditions and are— |
| (a) |
subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), approved and installed in accordance with the requirements, including operational and airworthiness requirements, applicable to such instruments and equipment; and |
| (b) |
in a condition for safe operation of the kind being conducted, except as provided for in the MEL. |
| (3) |
The operator shall not be required to obtain approval for the— |
| (a) |
fuses referred to in regulation 91.04.2; |
| (b) |
intrinsically safe electric torches referred to in regulation 91.04.3(1)(d); |
| (c) |
accurate time piece referred to in regulations 91.04.4 and 91.04.5; |
| (d) |
first aid equipment referred to in regulation 91.04.16; |
| (e) |
megaphones referred to in regulation 91.04.24; |
| (f) |
survival equipment referred to in regulation 91.04.29; and |
| (g) |
medical equipment referred to in regulation 121.05.13. |
| (4) |
Any agent used in a built-in fire extinguisher for each lavatory disposal receptacle for towels, paper or waste in an aeroplane for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 31 December 2011 and any extinguishing agent used in a portable fire extinguisher in an aeroplane for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 31 December 2016 shall— |
| (a) |
meet the applicable minimum performance requirements as established by Director; and |
| (b) |
not be of a type listed in the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer as it appears in the Eighth Edition of the Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Annex A, Group II. |
[Regulation 121.05.1(4) inserted by regulation 25 of Notice No. R. 534, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (Third Amendment to the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2013)]
| (5) |
Information regarding the extinguishing agents to be used is contained in Document SA-CATS 121. |
[Regulation 121.05.1(5) inserted by regulation 25 of Notice No. R. 534, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (Third Amendment to the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2013)]
| (6) |
A person shall not conduct a take-off in an aeroplane with an instrument or equipment that is unserviceable or that has been removed, where such instrument or equipment is required by— |
| (a) |
the standards of airworthiness that apply to a type of flight being operated; |
| (b) |
any equipment list published by an aeroplane manufacturer indicating aeroplane equipment that is required for an intended flight; |
| (d) |
an airworthiness directive; or |
[Regulation 121.05.1(6) inserted by regulation 16(e) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
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