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OZ Regs:-
http://www.casa.gov.au/download/act_regs/1988.pdf
Civil Aviation Regulations 1988
Subdivision 1 Australian aircraft
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262AC ACAS requirements—turbine-powered commercial aeroplanes
(1) After 31 December 1999, the pilot in command of an Australian aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane must not begin a flight if the aircraft is not fitted with an approved TCAS II that is serviceable.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(1A) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if:
(a) the flight is for the purpose of moving the aircraft to a place to have:
(i) an approved TCAS II fitted to the aircraft; or
(ii) an approved but unserviceable TCAS II that is fitted to the aircraft repaired, removed or overhauled; or
(b) when the flight takes place, inclusion in the aircraft of an approved but unserviceable TCAS II amounts to a permissible unserviceability in the aircraft.
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262AD ACAS must be activated during flight
(1) The pilot in command of an Australian aircraft that is a turbine powered commercial aeroplane fitted with an approved TCAS II that is serviceable must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the TCAS II is activated at all times while the aircraft is in flight.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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262AE Reporting unserviceable ACAS during flight
(1) This regulation applies to an approved TCAS II fitted to an Australian aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane.
(2) If a TCAS to which this regulation applies becomes unserviceable while the aircraft is in flight in, or on a flight into, Australian territory, the pilot in command must:
(a) if the aircraft is in controlled airspace—tell air traffic control of the unserviceability as soon as practicable; or
(b) if the aircraft is not in controlled airspace—take all reasonable steps to tell air traffic control of the unserviceability before entering controlled airspace.
(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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262AF Reporting unserviceable ACAS before flight
(1) Before beginning a flight in Australian territory in an Australian aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane, the pilot in command must tell air traffic control that the aircraft is beginning the flight without an approved TCAS II that is serviceable if:
(a) the flight is for the purpose set out in paragraph 262AC (2) (a); or
(b) the aircraft is fitted with an approved but unserviceable TCAS II whose inclusion in the aircraft amounts to a permissible unserviceability in the aircraft.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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Subdivision 2 Foreign aircraft
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262AG ACAS requirements—turbine-powered commercial aeroplanes
(1) After 31 December 1999, the pilot in command of a foreign aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane must not begin a flight in Australian territory if the aircraft is not fitted with an approved TCAS II that is serviceable.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply if:
(a) the flight is for the purpose of moving the aircraft to a place to have an approved but unserviceable TCAS II that is fitted to the aircraft repaired, removed, replaced or overhauled; or
(b) the aircraft is fitted with an approved TCAS II that is unserviceable and, at the beginning of the flight:
(i) the unserviceability is permitted for the aircraft under a law in force in the country in which the aircraft is registered; and
(ii) not more than 10 days have passed since the TCAS II became unserviceable; and
(iii) the aircraft has been in Australian territory for no more than a total of 72 hours during those days.
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262AH ACAS must be activated during flight
(1) The pilot in command of a foreign aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane fitted with an approved TCAS II that is serviceable must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the TCAS II is activated at all times while the aircraft is in flight in Australian territory.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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262AI Reporting unserviceable ACAS during flight
(1) This regulation applies to an approved TCAS II fitted to a foreign aircraft that is a turbine-powered commercial aeroplane.
(2) If a TCAS to which this regulation applies becomes unserviceable while the aircraft is in flight in, or on a flight into, Australian territory, the pilot in command must:
(a) if the aircraft is in controlled airspace—tell air traffic control of the unserviceability as soon as practicable; or
(b) if the aircraft is not in controlled airspace—take all reasonable steps to tell air traffic control of the unserviceability before entering controlled airspace.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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262AJ Reporting unserviceable ACAS before flight
(1) Before beginning a flight of a kind mentioned in subregulation 262AG (3), the pilot in command must tell air traffic control that the aircraft does not have a serviceable TCAS II.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
... U/S reports are passed on to all affected ATC units for the flight segment concerned.
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