{"id":"F2008L00354","name":"AD/ELECT/50 - Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72584,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L00354-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Electrical Equipment","sectionType":"division","heading":"Electrical Equipment","content":"### Electrical Equipment\n\n| AD/ELECT/50 | Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles | 4/2008 DM |\n| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |\n| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 11 February 2008.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |\n| Background:  | This unique Australian airworthiness directive was based on a Special Technical Instruction issued by the Royal Australian Air Force in 1987 rather that a State of design airworthiness directive. As all aircraft would now be modified, the unsafe condition no longer exists. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Punshon  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n8 February 2008","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/ELECT/50","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/ELECT/50","content":"## AD/ELECT/50","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Dis","sectionType":"part","heading":"Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles","content":"## Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4/2008 DM","sectionType":"part","heading":"4/2008 DM","content":"## 4/2008 DM","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1754},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument represents the termination of the legislation rather than expansion. The original scope was to mandate safety modifications for specific aircraft battery components until compliance was achieved. Having fulfilled that purpose (all aircraft now modified), the directive is cancelled. The scope has concluded as originally intended rather than growing beyond its initial safety purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose cancellation instrument with no operative provisions","Contains only historical background and cancellation date","No defined terms, cross-references, or conditional logic","Extremely brief (under 150 words of substantive content)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially scraps an old aviation safety rule that required modifications to battery connectors on aircraft.\n\n**What it was:** An **Airworthiness Directive** (a mandatory safety order) originally issued in 1987 concerning \"Rebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles\"—specific types of battery connection fittings used on aircraft. The directive required operators to modify or replace these components to prevent unsafe conditions.\n\n**What it does now:** The rule is **cancelled** as of 11 February 2008. Because every affected aircraft has already been modified over the past two decades, the safety risk no longer exists, making the requirement unnecessary.\n\n**Who it affects:** Aircraft operators and maintenance engineers who were previously bound by the original directive. They are no longer required to comply with these specific battery receptacle requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-elect-50-rebling-nickel-cadmium-battery-quick-disconnect-receptacles-cancelled/documents"}}