Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance AircraftSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Three : Cabin safety93.07.30 Carriage of infants |
| (1) | A CAO shall ensure that an infant is only carried in an aircraft when properly secured in the arms or on a lap of an adult passenger, or with a child restraint device or in a sky cot. |
| (2) | A sky cot referred to in subregulations (1) shall be fitted with a restraining device so as to ensure that an infant will not be thrown from such sky cot under a maximum acceleration to be expected in flight. |
| (3) | A passenger may not be responsible for a safety of more than one infant on board an aircraft. |
| (4) | An infant may not be carried behind a bulkhead unless a child restraint device is used during a critical phase of a flight and during turbulence. |
| (5) | A sky cot shall be positioned in such a way that it does not prevent or hinder a movement of adjacent passengers or block exits and may not be used during a critical phase of a flight. |
| (6) | When an infant is carried in the arms or on a lap of a passenger— |
| (a) | a seat belt when required to be worn, shall be fastened around a passenger carrying or nursing an infant, but not around an infant; and |
| (b) | a name of such infant shall be bracketed on a passenger list with a name of a person carrying or nursing that infant. |
| (7) | An infant may be seated in a car-type infant seat which is approved for use in an aircraft, provided— |
| (a) | an infant's seat is secured to an aircraft seat in accordance with instructions provided with that child seat; |
| (b) | an 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 a passenger seat; |
| (c) | a lower part of a shell does not unreasonably extend beyond a forward position of a passenger seat cushion on which it rests; |
| (d) | an infant's seat is secured to a passenger seat at all times during flight even when it is unoccupied by a child; |
| (e) | only an infant shall be removed from an aircraft in an emergency evacuation, not the infant's seat; |
| (f) | an infant's seat is positioned in such a way that it does not prevent or hinder movement of adjacent passengers or block exits; |
| (g) | an infant's seat is not placed in an aisle seat, depending on cabin configuration; |
| (h) | an infant's seat is used in accordance with infant weight limitations specified for such device; |
| (i) | an infant's seat is fitted with a single release harness, which secures an infant's lap torso and shoulders, but designed that a child can easily be secured in or removed from it; and |
| (j) | an infant seat is not located at a same row or row directly forward or aft of an emergency exit unless if such exit and row are separated by a bulkhead. |
