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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance Aircraft

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division One : General

93.07.12 Security of the flight crew compartment

 

(1) A flight crew compartment door, where fitted, shall be closed and locked in all phases of a flight if, in the opinion of a PIC, it is in the interest of aviation security.

 

(2) If cabin crew is required or carried, a procedure shall be established by which cabin crew can discreetly notify a flight crew in the event of suspicious activity or security breach in a cabin.

 

(3) The requirements stipulated in subregulations (1) and (2) shall apply to a passenger-carrying aeroplane with—
(a) MCTOW in excess of 54 500 kg; or
(b) MCTOW in excess of 45 500 kg with a passenger seating capacity greater than 19.

 

(4) An aeroplane with a passenger seating capacity of more than 60 shall be equipped with an approved flight crew compartment door capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot's station, designed to resist penetration by a small firearm, grenade shrapnel, and forcible intrusions from an unauthorised person.

 

[Regulation 93.07.12 substituted by regulation 22(g) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]