7July 2005
Exemption - Seat belts
Exemption - Seat belts
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
This instrument applies to a passenger:
who is being carried as a patient on an aircraft engaged in emergency medical services; and
for whom the medical or nursing authority responsible for the carriage considers that wearing a restraint would be detrimental to his or her health.
The passenger is exempt from compliance with subregulation 251 (1) of CAR 1988 (the requirement to wear a seat belt).
The passenger must comply with any requirement, that the pilot in command considers necessary in the interests of safety, to be restrained.