Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) CASA may, in relation to the planning of flights referred to in subregulation 239 (1), issue instructions about:
(a) the weather reports or forecasts to which a pilot in command must have regard in planning a flight; and
(b) the circumstances in which a pilot in command must plan for an alternative course of action (including the use of alternate aerodromes); and
(c) the information that the pilot in command must take into account in planning an alternative course of action including:
(i) the range and timeliness of the available meteorological information about the aircraft's destination; and
(ii) the type and number of radio navigation aids that must be available at the aircraft's destination; and
(d) the conditions that an alternate aerodrome must meet before it can be used as an alternate aerodrome.
(2) If an instruction under subregulation (1) is not issued in the form of a Civil Aviation Order, the instruction does not bind a person until it has been:
(a) served on the person; or
(b) published in NOTAMS or AIP.
(3) CASA may give permission, subject to the conditions specified in the permission, for a pilot in command to plan a flight without having regard to an instruction under subregulation (1).