CASA 72/24 — Dangerous Goods (Law Enforcement Devices on Commercial Flights) Permission 2024 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 72/24 I, JOANNA CLAIRE SEABROOK, Acting National Manager Regulatory Services, Regulatory Oversight Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under section 23 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

[Signed J. Seabrook] Joanna Seabrook Acting National Manager Regulatory Services Regulatory Oversight Division 19 December 2024 CASA 72/24 — Dangerous Goods (Law Enforcement Devices on Commercial Flights) Permission 2024

1 Name This instrument is CASA 72/24 — Dangerous Goods (Law Enforcement Devices on Commercial Flights) Permission 2024.

2 Duration This instrument: (a) commences on 1 January 2025; and (b) is repealed at the end of 31 December 2026.

3 Definitions Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: AOC, Australian territory, CASA, checked baggage, registered and rotorcraft. The terms dangerous goods accident, dangerous goods incident and Technical Instructions have the meaning given by regulation 92.010 of CASR. The term UN, followed by a 4-digit number, has the meaning given by regulation 92.170 of CASR. In this instrument: accountable person, in relation to a relevant Australian aircraft, means each of the owner, operator, hirer and pilot of the aircraft. dangerous goods has the meaning given by section 23 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act). LEA officer means any of the following: (a) a member of the Defence Force, as defined in the Defence Act 1903, authorised to carry permitted dangerous goods in the course of the member's duties; (b) a person defined as a "law enforcement officer", within the meaning of that term in section 3 of the Crimes Act 1914. LEA procedures means procedures of the law enforcement agency of an LEA officer that describe how LEA officers of the agency must pack permitted dangerous goods for air transport. permitted dangerous goods means the following: (a) aerosols that: (i) contain Oleoresin Capsicum, or a similar substance that falls within the scope of Special Provision A27 of the Technical Instructions; and (ii) are classified under the Technical Instructions in hazard division 2.1 or 2.2, without subsidiary hazard, and assigned UN number UN 1950; (b) electroshock weapon devices that contain dangerous goods; Note A taser is an example of an electroshock weapon. Electroshock weapons may contain a variety of dangerous goods, including explosives, compressed gases and lithium batteries. (c) for carriage, or consignment for carriage, on a rotorcraft without a suitable cargo hold — ammunition, not exceeding 5 kg gross weight, that is securely packaged in accordance with its classification under the Technical Instructions in hazard division 1.4S and assigned UN number UN 0012 or UN 0014. Note Ammunition not exceeding 5 kg gross weight is permitted to be carried by passengers in the cargo hold of an aircraft — see Table 2.3.A of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (based on Table 8-1 of the Technical Instructions). relevant Australian aircraft means a registered aircraft that is operated by the holder of an AOC. subsidiary hazard has the same meaning as in the Technical Instructions. suitable cargo hold, for a rotorcraft, means a cargo hold that: (a) is of a reasonable size for the carriage of the permitted dangerous goods; and (b) is designed so that, if it held the permitted dangerous goods, the carriage of the goods would not pose a risk to any person during the performance of an engine running offload or onload.