Originally Posted by
Torres
(viii) carriage, for the purposes of trade, of goods being the property of the pilot, the owner or the hirer of the aircraft (not being a carriage of goods in accordance with fixed schedules to and from fixed terminals);
(ix) any other purpose that is substantially similar to any of those specified in subparagraphs (i) to (vii) (inclusive);
"substantially similar" would include employees of "..the pilot, the owner or the hirer of the aircraft.." if CASA so wished.
Trade in human beings is illegal, likewise you couldn't really argue they were "
the property of the pilot, the owner or the hirer of the aircraft" so I don't see it as substantially similar.
Particularly when there are sections that explicitly deal with carriage of passengers.