{"id":"F2006B08014","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Rutan Varieze Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":115079,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B08014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Rutan Varieze Series Aeroplanes","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n Airworthiness Directives 2004\n\n I, DAVID ALAN VILLIERS, delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety\n\n Authority, acting under subregulation 39.001 (1) of the Civil\n\n Aviation Safety Regulations 1998:\n\n (a) revoke the Airworthiness Directives mentioned in\n\n Schedule 1; and\n\n (b) make, as separate instruments, each Airworthiness\n\n Directive mentioned in Schedule 1 and attached.\n\n \n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n David Villiers\n\n Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n \n\n  20 December 2004\n\n Note:   Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the\n\n same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\n\n \n\n\n Schedule 1 Revocation and Remaking of\n\n Airworthiness Directives\n\n Rutan Varieze Series Aeroplanes\n\n AD Name AD Number\n\n Rudder Travel - Modification AD/RUTAN/1\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as the original directive. The note explicitly states each directive is being remade 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is a pure administrative reissuance with no expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 300 words)","Only one substantive action (revocation and remaking of a single directive)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","Simple binary structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake","Single schedule with only one entry","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical aviation safety instrument issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in December 2004. It does two things:\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) an existing Airworthiness Directive — specifically **AD/RUTAN/1** concerning \"Rudder Travel - Modification\" for Rutan Varieze series aeroplanes\n- **Remakes** that same directive as a fresh, standalone legal instrument\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of **Rutan Varieze series aeroplanes** (a type of homebuilt/experimental aircraft designed by Burt Rutan)\n- Aircraft maintenance engineers and organisations who work on these planes\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAirworthiness Directives are legally binding safety orders. They require specific inspections, modifications, or repairs to address unsafe conditions in aircraft. This instrument ensures the rudder travel modification requirement for these particular planes remains legally enforceable and up-to-date in CASA's regulatory system. The \"revoke and remake\" process is a housekeeping measure — it keeps the regulatory framework tidy without changing the actual safety requirement itself.\n\n**Key point:** The directive is being remade in *exactly the same form* as before. No new requirements are being added; this is purely administrative maintenance of the safety rule."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope of the listed ADs. It revokes the existing instruments named in Schedule 1 and remakes each as a separate instrument \"in exactly the same form\" as the latest published directive (Schedule 1; Note). The practical effect is procedural (replacement of the legal instrument), not a change to the technical obligations identified in the AD(s)."},"complexity_factors":["Action is procedural (revocation and reissuance) rather than substantive technical change.","Reference to external regulation (subregulation 39.001(1)) requires familiarity with CASA's statutory powers.","Reliance on attached or separately published AD text for substantive technical requirements (those details are not included in this instrument).","Potential for administrative confusion between old and remade instrument citations during the transition."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes certain listed Airworthiness Directives and immediately reissues each as a separate legal instrument, under a CASA delegate’s authority. The remade ADs are issued in the same form as the latest published directives, so technical requirements do not change.\n\nIt chiefly affects the CASA delegate and aircraft owners/operators and maintenance organisations (e.g., Rutan Varieze subject to AD/RUTAN/1). Practical impact is administrative: operators must update records and citations to the newly issued instruments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-rutan-varieze-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}