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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 Two : Dispatch and flight release rules

93.07.24 Operations with electronic flight bags

 

(1) A person shall not use an EFB unless an operator or owner of an aircraft—
(a) is authorised to do so in its operations specifications; and
(b) complies with the EFB requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 93.

 

(2) Where an EFB is used on board aircraft a CAO shall—
(a) assess the safety risk associated with each EFB function;
(b) establish and document procedures for the use of, and training requirements for an EFB device and each EFB function in an operations manual referred to in regulation 93.04.2;
(c) ensure that, in the event of an EFB failure, sufficient information is readily available to a flight crew for a flight to be conducted safely;
(d) ensure requirements are established for redundancy of information, if appropriate, contained and dis played by an EFB function;
(e) ensure that an EFB equipment and its associated installation hardware. including interaction with aircraft systems where applicable, meet appropriate airworthiness certification requirements; and

(f)    establish and document procedures for the management of EFB functions including any database it may use.

 

(3) Where a portable EFB is used on board aircraft, an operator or owner of an aircraft shall ensure that it does not affect the performance of aeroplane systems, equipment or ability to operate an aircraft.

 

[Regulation 93.07.24 substituted by regulation 22(h) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]