Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2012-07-04. Previous Versions

Notification of Deterioration, Failure or Malfunction

 A person who has responsibility for or control over an obstacle to air navigation shall report immediately any deterioration of a marking or any failure or malfunction of a light required under this Division to the nearest flight service station.

  • SOR/2011-285, s. 6.

Prohibition

 No person shall deface, alter or otherwise damage a marking or a light required, under this Division, to be displayed on an obstacle to air navigation.

  • SOR/2011-285, s. 6.

Subpart 2 — Operating and Flight Rules

Division I — General

Reckless or Negligent Operation of Aircraft

 No person shall operate an aircraft in such a reckless or negligent manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger the life or property of any person.

Fitness of Flight Crew Members

 No operator of an aircraft shall require any person to act as a flight crew member and no person shall act as a flight crew member, if either the person or the operator has any reason to believe, having regard to the circumstances of the particular flight to be undertaken, that the person

  • (a) is suffering or is likely to suffer from fatigue; or

  • (b) is otherwise unfit to perform properly the person’s duties as a flight crew member.

Alcohol or Drugs — Crew Members

 No person shall act as a crew member of an aircraft

  • (a) within eight hours after consuming an alcoholic beverage;

  • (b) while under the influence of alcohol; or

  • (c) while using any drug that impairs the person’s faculties to the extent that the safety of the aircraft or of persons on board the aircraft is endangered in any way.

Alcohol or Drugs — Passengers

  •  (1) In this section, “intoxicating liquor” means a beverage that contains more than 2.5 per cent proof spirits.

  • (2) No person shall consume on board an aircraft an intoxicating liquor unless the intoxicating liquor

    • (a) has been served to that person by the operator of the aircraft; or

    • (b) where no flight attendant is on board, has been provided by the operator of the aircraft.

  • (3) No operator of an aircraft shall provide or serve any intoxicating liquor to a person on board the aircraft, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s faculties are impaired by alcohol or a drug to an extent that may present a hazard to the aircraft or to persons on board the aircraft.

  • (4) Subject to subsection (5), no operator of an aircraft shall allow a person to board the aircraft, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s faculties are impaired by alcohol or a drug to an extent that may present a hazard to the aircraft or to persons on board the aircraft.

  • (5) The operator of an aircraft may allow a person whose faculties are impaired by a drug to board an aircraft, where the drug was administered in accordance with a medical authorization and the person is under the supervision of an attendant.

Compliance with Instructions

  •  (1) Every passenger on board an aircraft shall comply with instructions given by any crew member respecting the safety of the aircraft or of persons on board the aircraft.

  • (2) Every crew member on board an aircraft shall, during flight time, comply with the instructions of the pilot-in-command or of any person whom the pilot-in-command has authorized to act on behalf of the pilot-in-command.