Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
I don't think there is any. It seems under the CASR it is a pilot responsibility to assess the operation and to conduct it safely, and availability and/or use of lights is just one thing to consider (or so they advise in
AC 91-02)
Should CASA disagree, it would be either they prove it wasn't, or the pilot prove it was. Any bets on the way that discussion will end?
FWIW, AC 61-05 is the NVFR guidebook:
9.6.1 The pilot must check that aerodrome lighting will be available at the destination at the planned time of arrival.
I don't have time to look up the exact reg right now, but runway lighting requirements apply equally for takeoff and landing since, in an emergency, you need to be able to come back around again - in which case, your "planned time of arrival" would be around 6 minutes after you took off... and if the lighting just happens to not "be available", then, well, we know the rest.