{"id":"F2006B07924","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Meta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50969,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07924-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Meta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes","content":"Airworthiness Directives 2004\n\nI, DAVID ALAN VILLIERS, delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety\n\nAuthority, acting under subregulation 39.001 (1) of the Civil\n\nAviation Safety Regulations 1998:\n\n(a) revoke the Airworthiness Directives mentioned in\n\nSchedule 1; and\n\n(b) make, as separate instruments, each Airworthiness\n\nDirective mentioned in Schedule 1 and attached.\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Villiers\n\nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n20 December 2004\n\nNote: Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the\n\nsame form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\n\n  \nSchedule 1 Revocation and Remaking of\n\nAirworthiness Directives\n\nMeta Sokol L.40 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nSuperseded by AD/L.40/3 - CANCELLED AD/L.40/1\n\nResewing of Seat Belt and Securing of Tailplane Actuating Nut Lock Screws - AD/L.40/2\n\nFire Resistant Flexible Fuel and Oil Lines in Engine Compartment - Modification AD/L.40/3\n\nElevator and Rudder Control System - Modification AD/L.40/4\n\nFuel System - Modification AD/L.40/5\n\nElevator Control System - Modification AD/L.40/6 Amdt 1\n\nLanding Gear Aural Warning - Modification AD/L.40/7 Amdt 1\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations - Modification AD/L.40/8\n\nWing Structural Life Limitation AD/L.40/9 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Line - Inspection and Modification AD/L.40/10","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The document explicitly states it is re-making the Airworthiness Directives 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is a pure administrative revocation and remaking without substantive change to scope or content."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 250 words)","Only 1 defined term used ('delegate' in context)","Simple binary structure: revoke old rules, make new ones","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Schedule 1 is a simple table listing 9 directives by name and number","Single regulatory power cited (subregulation 39.001(1) of CASR 1998)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA order cancels and reissues nine Airworthiness Directives for Meta Sokol L.40 series aeroplanes, essentially republishing the existing mandatory safety requirements as new legal instruments. It affects owners, operators and maintenance engineers of those aircraft. This is administrative housekeeping: the safety obligations themselves remain unchanged."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope is unchanged: the instrument expressly revokes the listed ADs and re-issues them \"in exactly the same form\" (note). It is an administrative reformatting (see operative paragraphs (a) and (b) and Schedule 1) rather than a change to substantive requirements; affected parties keep the same obligations and costs."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative re-issuance of multiple existing instruments rather than creating new substantive rules (text states ADs are re-made \"in exactly the same form\").","Legal authority and formal mechanics rest on subregulation 39.001(1) (instrument made by CASA delegate).","Schedule 1 lists multiple distinct ADs for one aircraft type, requiring separate instrument files and record-keeping.","Attachments (the re-made ADs) must match the latest published editions, creating an administrative verification step.","Potential minor implementation costs for CASA and affected operators to update documentation and databases, though no substantive compliance change is made."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes the Airworthiness Directives listed in Schedule 1 for Meta Sokol L.40 series aeroplanes and remakes each as a separate, identical instrument. It is made by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1).\n\nOwners and operators of Meta Sokol L.40 aircraft remain subject to the same technical requirements; compliance obligations and costs do not change. The measure is administrative: it reallocates how the ADs are issued and recorded rather than altering substantive safety requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-meta-sokol-l-40-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}