CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 137.280 Off - duty period before and after tour of duty
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 137.280
Off - duty period before and after tour of duty(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), the pilot must not undertake duties relating to his or her employment by an operator, including being on call or planning less than:
(a) 8 hours before commencing a tour of duty; or
(b) 8 hours after completing a tour of duty of 10 hours or less; or
(c) 10 hours after completing a tour of duty of more than 10 hours.
(2) No less than 8 hours after completing a tour of duty of more than 10 hours, the pilot may choose to recommence duty up to 1 hour earlier than the time required under paragraph (1)(c) if the pilot believes he or she is mentally and physically able to do so.
(3) The pilot must not recommence duty under subregulation (2) if, in doing so, he or she would be in breach of regulation 137.275, 137.285, 137.290, 137.295 or 137.300.
(4) A contravention of subregulation (1) is an offence of
strict liability.