Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Full Document:

Regulations are current to 2022-06-20 and last amended on 2022-03-06. Previous Versions

Part III — Aerodromes, Airports and Heliports (continued)

[

]

301.09 (1) Subject to subsection 301.07(12) and subsections (2) and (3), no person shall, while at an aerodrome, smoke or display an open flame
- (a) on an apron;
- (b) on an aircraft loading bridge or on a gallery or balcony that is contiguous to or that overhangs an apron; or
- (c) in an area where smoking or the presence of an open flame is likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property.
(2) The operator of an aerodrome may, in writing, authorize maintenance or servicing operations on an apron that involve the use, production or potential development of an open flame or that involve the production or potential development of a spark where the operations are conducted in a manner that is not likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property.
(3) The operator of an aerodrome may permit smoking in an enclosed building or shelter located on an apron where such smoking is not likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property.