Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
R 385
Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and MailSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Three : Cabin Safety127.07.29 Carriage of infants |
| (1) | The operator shall ensure that an infant is only carried when properly secured in the arms or on the lap of an adult passenger, or with a child restraint device or in a sky cot provided the sky cot is— |
| (a) | restrained so as to prevent it from moving under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight; and |
| (b) | fitted with a restraining device so as to ensure that the infant will not be thrown from such sky cot under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight. |
| (2) | The operator shall ensure that precautions are taken to ensure that, at the times seat belts are required to be worn in flight, the infant carried in the sky cot will not be thrown from such sky cot under the maximum accelerations to be expected in flight. |
| (3) | No passenger may be responsible for the safety of more than one infant on board a helicopter. |
| (4) | Infants shall not be carried behind a bulkhead unless a child restraint device is used during critical phases of flight and during turbulence. |
| (5) | Sky cots may not be used during critical phases of flight. |
| (6) | Sky cots shall be positioned in such a way that they do not prevent or hinder the movement of adjacent passengers or block exits. |
| (7) | When an infant is carried in the arms or on the lap of a passenger, the seat belt, when required to be worn, shall be fastened around the passenger carrying or nursing the infant, but not around the infant. |
| (8) | When an infant is carried in the arms or on the lap of a passenger, the name of the infant shall be bracketed on the passenger list with the name of the person carrying or nursing the infant. |
| (9) | An infant may be seated in a car-type infant seat which is secured to the helicopter seat, provided— |
| (a) | the infant's seat is secured to the helicopter seat in accordance with the instructions provided with the child seat; |
| (b) | the infant's seat is designed to be secured to a passenger seat by means of a single lap strap and face the same direction as the passenger seat; |
| (c) | the lower part of the shell does not unreasonably extend beyond the forward position of the passenger seat cushion on which it rests; |
| (d) | the infant's seat is secured to the passenger seat at all times during flight, even when it is unoccupied by the child; |
| (e) | only the infant shall be removed from the aircraft in an emergency evacuation, not the infant's seat; |
| (f) | the infant's seat is positioned in such a way that it does not prevent or hinder the movement of adjacent passengers or block exits; |
| (g) | the infant's seat is not placed in an aisle seat, depending on cabin configuration; |
| (h) | the infant's seat is used in accordance with infant weight limitations specified for such device; and |
| (i) | the infant's seat is fitted with a single release harness, which secures the infant's lap, torso and shoulders, but designed that the child can easily be secured in or removed from it. |
| (10) | An infant or a car-type infant seat referred to in subregulation (9) shall not be located in— |
| (a) | the same row or row directly forward or aft of an emergency exit; or |
| (b) | in the same row as any other exit unless such exit and row are separated by a bulkhead. |
