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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 91 : General Aviation and Operating Flight Rules

Subpart 1 : General Provisions

91.01.9 Portable electronic devices

 

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), an operator of an aircraft shall ensure that neither a passenger nor a crew member operates any portable electronic device on an aircraft without permission of a PIC of that aircraft.

[Regulation 91.01.9(1) substituted by regulation 21(c) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(2) The provisions of subregulation (1) does not apply to—
(a) a heart pacemaker;
(b) a hearing aid;
(c) a portable voice recorder;
(d) an electric shaver;
(e) portable equipment used to sustain life or similar equipment with the ability to generate an electrical charge for the purpose of pacing or resuscitation; or
(f) any other portable electronic device, the operation of which—
(i) in the case of an aircraft engaged in a commercial air transport operation, the operator; or
(ii) in the case of an aircraft engaged in an operation other than a commercial air transport operation, the PIC, has determined will not cause interference with the systems and equipment of the aircraft in which it is to be used.

 

(3) A portable electronic device referred to in subregulation (2)(c), (d) or (f) shall not be used by any person during the critical phases of flight.