{"id":"F2006B06276","name":"AD/PMC/13 - Not Issued","slug":"ad-pmc-13-not-issued","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":47317,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B06276-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/PMC/13 - Not Issued","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\n\nSCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)  Propellers - Variable Pitch - McCauley\n\n \n\nAD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change to the regulatory obligations is evident in the source text. The entry AD/PMC/13 is explicitly marked \"Not Issued,\" which means the document, as presented, does not expand or alter the legal scope of airworthiness directives. The schedule records a potential entry for McCauley variable-pitch propellers but contains no operative provisions that would change duties or scope at this time."},"complexity_factors":["Document contains a single schedule entry with no operative directive text (AD/PMC/13 marked \"Not Issued N/A\").","Regulatory context referenced (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998, Part 39) creates a formal legal mechanism, but the specific entry currently imposes no obligations.","Ambiguity about future action: the placeholder indicates potential for future issuance, which raises implementation uncertainty despite current simplicity.","Limited substantive content about scope, conditions, or compliance procedures for the listed propellers (only a product heading: \"Propellers - Variable Pitch - McCauley\").","Administrative discretion is implied (CASA can issue directives), but no criteria or timelines are provided in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"What this document does, mechanically\n\n- This is an entry in the Commonwealth schedule of Airworthiness Directives under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1998 (Part 39 - 107) administered by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The specific line shown is AD/PMC/13 and it is marked “Not Issued” (AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A). (See: \"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\" and \"AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\".)\n\nWho it can affect\n\n- If an airworthiness directive were issued in this entry, it would apply to McCauley variable-pitch propellers (the heading reads \"Propellers - Variable Pitch - McCauley\"). As shown, no directive has been issued for this entry, so the entry as printed does not create a current legal obligation for operators, owners, or manufacturers. (See: \"Propellers - Variable Pitch - McCauley\" and \"AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\".)\n\nWhy this matters (purpose claims and mechanical testing)\n\n- The schedule is the administrative mechanism by which CASA records airworthiness directives. The presence of a labelled but \"Not Issued\" entry indicates that CASA has a placeholder or a catalog entry for a potential directive affecting McCauley variable-pitch propellers but has not enacted any mandatory requirement under that entry. Mechanically, a marked \"Not Issued\" entry means no compliance actions, costs, or reporting duties flow from this item as published. (See: \"SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\" and \"AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\".)\n\nCosts, incentives and who decides\n\n- Who decides: CASA (the Civil Aviation Safety Authority) is the decision-maker for issuing airworthiness directives under the cited Part (\"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\").\n- Who pays now: None, with respect to this specific entry, because it is not issued. If CASA later issues an airworthiness directive at this entry, compliance costs (inspection, repair, replacement, paperwork) would typically fall on aircraft operators or owners and potentially on manufacturers depending on the directive’s terms.\n\nCompliance burden, discretion and implementation risk\n\n- Present compliance burden: Nil for AD/PMC/13 while it remains marked \"Not Issued.\" (See: \"AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\".)\n- Administrative discretion: The schedule reflects CASA’s discretion to issue or not issue directives for items catalogued; the document does not set out the criteria for that decision. The entry’s existence shows administrative capacity to add an operative requirement later, but no operative text is present now. (See: \"SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\" and the AD listing.)\n- Implementation risk/opportunity costs: Because no directive is issued, operators retain current freedom of action with respect to McCauley variable-pitch propellers. The risk is the potential for future retroactive or prospective measures if CASA issues a directive later; those would create compliance costs and possible operational disruption at that future time. The current entry does not quantify or explain such future measures.\n\nTrade-offs and market effects to note (mechanical, source-grounded)\n\n- Absent an issued directive, there is no immediate effect on prices, competition, ownership, or contractual freedoms related to the listed propellers. If a directive were later issued, it would directly affect costs and operational choices for affected aircraft owners/operators and could impose service or part-replacement requirements on manufacturers or maintenance providers.\n\nSource citations\n\n- \"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 107 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\"\n- \"SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\"\n- \"Propellers - Variable Pitch - McCauley\"\n- \"AD/PMC/13 Not Issued N/A\""},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"This is not substantive legislation. It is a placeholder or stub entry from a schedule of Airworthiness Directives indicating that AD/PMC/13 was never issued. The document contains no operative legal text, only metadata, formatting, and the words 'Not Issued'. There is no analysable legislative content here.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a null/placeholder entry with no substantive scope to assess. It represents the absence of regulatory action rather than any expansion or contraction of regulatory intent."},"complexity_factors":["Document is essentially empty — contains only header metadata, a title, and a 'Not Issued' status","No operative provisions, definitions, or conditional logic present","No cross-references to other legislation or regulations","Consists entirely of boilerplate formatting and whitespace"],"plain_english_summary":"This document appears to be a placeholder or template for an Airworthiness Directive (AD) that was never formally issued. Airworthiness Directives are safety notices issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) that require aircraft owners and operators to fix specific safety problems. This particular entry (AD/PMC/13) relates to McCauley variable-pitch propellers, but it is marked \"Not Issued\" with no applicable date. In practical terms, this means **no action is required** — there is no safety directive currently in force for this specific propeller type under this reference number."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued","history":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pmc-13-not-issued/documents"}}