{"id":"F2007L04781","name":"AD/L.40/8 - Front Seat Restraint Installations - Modification - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71317,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04781-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Meta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes","sectionType":"division","heading":"Meta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes","content":"### Meta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes\n\n| AD/L.40/8 | Front Seat Restraint Installations - Modification | 1/2008 |\n| --------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------ |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                   |\n| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 17 January 2008.                                                                                                                                     |\n| Background:  | This AD was issued in 1972 to require the installation of upper torso restraint on aircraft certified prior to 1967. This AD has been replaced by AD/GENERAL/74 Amendment 1. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Villiers  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n26 November 2007","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/L.40/8","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/L.40/8","content":"## AD/L.40/8","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Front Seat Restraint Installations - Mod","sectionType":"part","heading":"Front Seat Restraint Installations - Modification","content":"## Front Seat Restraint Installations - Modification","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"1/2008","sectionType":"part","heading":"1/2008","content":"## 1/2008","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2010},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument has been cancelled and consolidated into a general directive (AD/GENERAL/74) covering all aircraft types. This represents regulatory streamlining and consolidation rather than scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation)","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to substantive law","Extremely short document (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This cancelled Airworthiness Directive originally required front-seat upper-torso restraints on Meta Sokol L.40 aircraft built before 1967. As of 17 January 2008 it has no legal effect.\n\nThe safety requirement was subsumed into the broader AD/GENERAL/74 Amendment 1 covering shoulder harnesses for all types. Owners, operators and maintenance personnel may still encounter references to the cancelled AD in records, but compliance is now governed by the general directive."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-l-40-8-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/documents"}}