| (1) | This Part applies to conveyance of dangerous goods, including company material by aircraft. |
| (2) | This Part does not apply to— |
| (b) | military personnel who perform their official duties on board a military aircraft; |
| (c) | an aircraft operated by the South African Police Service; |
| (d) | police personnel who perform official duties on board an aircraft operated by the South African Police Service. |
| (3) | Except as provided in subregulation (5), and subject to the provisions of subregulation (4), this Part will not apply to dangerous goods carried in an aircraft where such goods are intended— |
| (a) | to provide medical treatment to a patient during a flight and when such dangerous goods— |
| (i) | have been placed on board with the approval of an operator; or |
| (ii) | form part of the permanent equipment of an aircraft when it has been modified for specialised use; |
| (b) | to provide veterinary aid or humanely put down an animal during a flight; |
| (c) | for spraying, dusting, or dropping in connection with agricultural, horticultural, forestry fire suppression activities, or pollution control operations; or |
| (d) | for dropping or triggering in avalanche control activities; |
| (e) | to provide, during flight, aid in connection with disaster management or search and rescue operations; |
| (f) | to be contained within items of excess baggage being sent as cargo and provided that— |
| (i) | such excess baggage has been consigned as cargo by or on behalf of a passenger; |
| (ii) | the dangerous goods may only be those that are permitted to be carried in checked baggage; and |
| (iii) | such excess baggage is marked with the words “Excess Baggage consigned as cargo”. |
| (4) | This Part shall not apply to articles and substances which are permitted to be carried by passengers, flight crew, and cabin crew, or articles and substances which would otherwise constitute dangerous goods, but which are required to be on board an aircraft in accordance with operating regulations, airworthiness requirements, and the provisions of operations manual concerned: Provided that these articles and substances are conveyed as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92. |
| (5) | Dangerous goods referred to in subregulation (3) shall meet the following conditions: |
| (a) | when being transported, shall be stowed and secured during take-off and landing and at all other times when deemed necessary by a PIC; |
| (b) | be under the control of trained personnel during the time when they are in use on an aircraft; and |
| (c) | when transported under subregulation (3)(a) to (e), may be carried on— |
| (i) | a return training flight, made by the same aircraft; |
| (ii) | a return positioning flight, made by the same aircraft; and |
| (iii) | a maintenance flight when it is impracticable to load or unload the dangerous goods, subject to the conditions as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92. |
[Regulation 92.01.1 substituted by regulation 12 of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
