{"id":"F2007L04744","name":"AD/VAT/38 - Front Seat Restraint Installations - Modification - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71246,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04744-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Victa and A.E.S.L. Airtourer Series Aero","sectionType":"division","heading":"Victa and A.E.S.L. Airtourer Series Aeroplanes","content":"### Victa and A.E.S.L. Airtourer Series Aeroplanes\n\n| AD/VAT/38 | 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 This AD has been replaced by AD/GENERAL/74 Amendment 1.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/VAT/38","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/VAT/38","content":"## AD/VAT/38","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":1477},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves solely to revoke the previous directive. It does not expand the regulatory scope; it merely transfers the ongoing compliance obligation to a consolidated replacement directive (AD/GENERAL/74)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation only)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely brief (under 50 words of operative text)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially cancels an old aviation safety rule about seatbelts in specific vintage aircraft.\n\n**What the old rule did:**\nOriginally issued in 1972, the directive required owners of Victa and A.E.S.L. Airtourer series aircraft (certified before 1967) to install **upper torso restraints** (shoulder harnesses) in the front seats to improve crash safety.\n\n**What this document does:**\nIt cancels that old directive as of **17 January 2008**. The safety requirement hasn't disappeared—it has simply been moved to a different, broader directive: **AD/GENERAL/74 Amendment 1**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nOwners and operators of these specific aircraft types. They must now comply with the replacement directive instead of this one."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-vat-38-front-seat-restraint-installations-modification-cancelled/documents"}}