{"id":"F2006B07939","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Parachute Equipment","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":51003,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07939-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 - Parachute Equipment","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\nParachute Equipment\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nGQ Security roconical (SAC) Parachutes AD/PARA/1\n\nGQ Types 350, 850 and 4.8m SAC Parachutes AD/PARA/2\n\nPA Safety Systems Pigmee AD/PARA/3\n\nRigging Innovations Skyhook Reserve Pilotchute AD/PARA/4\n\nParachutes De France - Connector Links AD/PARA/5\n\nVector Amp Fitting AD/PARA/6\n\nMarS ATL-88 Parachutes AD/PARA/7 Amdt 2\n\nSTRATOS JU-40 Parachutes AD/PARA/8\n\nEmergency Parachute Opening Mechanism AD/PARA/9\n\nPDF Techno 240 Emergency Parachute AD/PARA/10 Amdt 1\n\nCAPEWELL Parachute Equipment AD/PARA/11\n\nParachutes de France - Emergency Parachutes AD/PARA/12\n\nMarS Emergency Parachute Ripcord Pin AD/PARA/13","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or requirements of the listed Airworthiness Directives: it revokes prior instruments and remakes them in the same form. The effect is administrative (new separate instruments and identifiers); compliance duties for regulated parties remain unchanged, though records and citation references may need updating."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative reissuance: the instrument republishes existing ADs in identical form, so there is no substantive regulatory change.","Legal authority concentrated in a delegate acting under subregulation 39.001(1) (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998).","Multiple listed directives (13 ADs across different manufacturers/types) require separate instrument handling and record updates.","Potential administrative burden: updating references, registers, maintenance records and compliance documentation to reflect new instrument identities.","Reference to the 'latest published edition' introduces a dependency on publication timing and version control for which instrument is authoritative."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally revokes the Airworthiness Directives listed in Schedule 1 and re‑issues each one separately in the identical form previously published — done by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority delegate under subregulation 39.001(1). It applies to parachute equipment and therefore affects manufacturers, packers, maintenance organisations and operators bound by those ADs. Mechanically, it does not change safety requirements; it preserves existing compliance obligations while changing the administrative form and instrument identifiers."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument explicitly states it is remaking the Directives in exactly the same form. This is purely administrative housekeeping to ensure proper legal authority under current regulations, with no expansion of scope or substance."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (under 500 words)","Only one substantive operative provision with two simple limbs (revoke and remake)","No defined terms section - relies on external regulations (CASR 1998)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Straightforward tabular schedule listing 13 items","Explicit statement that content is unchanged ('exactly the same form')","Single cross-reference to enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))"],"plain_english_summary":"This is an administrative instrument where a CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) delegate is doing some housekeeping on old safety rules for parachutes. Specifically, he's revoking (cancelling) 13 existing Airworthiness Directives (safety orders that tell aircraft owners what repairs or inspections they must do) and immediately remaking them as fresh, separate legal instruments. The rules themselves aren't changing - they're being copied exactly as they were - but they're being reissued to keep the paperwork tidy and legally current. This affects anyone who owns or operates the specific parachute models listed, including sport skydivers and emergency parachute users. It matters because it ensures these safety requirements remain legally enforceable and properly authorised under current regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-parachute-equipment/documents"}}