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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division Three : Cabin safety

135.07.38 Seats, seat safety belts, harnesses and child restraint devices and carriage of infants

 

(1) A person shall not operate an aircraft unless such aircraft is equipped with—
(a) a seat or berth for each person who is two years or older;
(b) a safety belt with or without a diagonal shoulder strap, or a safety harness, for use in each passenger seat for each passenger who is two years or older;
(c) a safety belt for use in each passenger berth;
(d) a child restraint device for the carriage of each child and infant as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 135;
(e) a safety harness for each flight crew member seat, incorporating a device which shall automatically restrain an occupant's torso in the event of rapid deceleration; and
(f) a safety harness for each cabin crew member seat provided that a safety belt with one diagonal shoulder strap is permitted if the fitting of a safety harness is not practical.

 

(2) A Seat for any cabin crew member shall, where possible, be located near floor-level emergency exit and any additional cabin crew member seat required shall be located such that a cabin crew member may best be able to assist any passenger in the event of an emergency evacuation: Provided such a seat shall be forward or rearward facing within 15° of the longitudinal axis of an aircraft.

 

(3) If a PIC cannot see all the passenger seats in an aircraft from his or her own seat, a means of indicating to all passengers and cabin crew members that seat belts shall be fastened, shall be installed.

 

(4) A safety harness and safety belt fitted in an aircraft shall have a single point release.

 

(5) A passenger shall not be responsible for the safety of more than one infant on board an aircraft.

 

[Regulation 135.07.38 inserted by regulation 36(i) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]