Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 91.005

         (1)   This Part applies to:

                (a)    the operation of Australian civil aircraft operating in or outside Australian territory; and

               (b)    the operation of a foreign registered civil aircraft flying into or out of, or operating in, Australian territory.

Note    Each Subpart has its own applicability provision to describe its subject-matter.

         (2)   In spite of paragraph (1) (a):

                (a)    Annex 2, Rules of the Air , to the Chicago Convention applies to the operation of an Australian civil aircraft over the high seas; and

               (b)    the rules of a foreign State relating to the flight and manoeuvre of aircraft apply to the operation of an Australian civil aircraft in that State; and

                (c)    subject to any contrary intention in another provision of this Part, a requirement of this Part applies in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (b) if it is not inconsistent with, or is more stringent than, the corresponding requirement of the law of the foreign State.

Subpart 91.D         Operational procedures