{"id":"F2010L02345","name":"CASA 305/10 – Permission and direction – helicopter special operations","slug":"casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":125129,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L02345-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 305/10 – Permission and direction – helicopter special operations","content":"Instrument number CASA 305/10\n\nI, gregory JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 151 (3), 207 (3), 250 (2) and 251 (9) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.\n\n\\[Signed Greg Hood\\]\n\nGreg Hood  \nExecutive Manager  \nCASA Operations Division\n\n27 August 2010\n\nPermission and direction — helicopter special operations\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on 1 September 2010; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 August 2012.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by Helistar Aviation Pty Ltd, trading as Helistar Aviation, Aviation Reference Number 585948 (the operator).\n\n3 Permission\n\nWhen a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger may be carried on the undercarriage for the purpose of leaving or boarding.\n\n4 Direction\n\nWhen a helicopter is in the hover to enable a passenger to leave or board, the passenger is not required to occupy a seat or wear a seat belt.\n\n5 Condition\n\nThe permission in section 3 is subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 2.\n\nSchedule 1 Special operation\n\nA helicopter search and rescue operation, law enforcement operation, firefighting operation or training for any of those operations, in which, for the purpose of the operation or training, it is necessary for a person to leave or board the helicopter when a landing is not possible or safe.\n\nSchedule 2 Condition\n\nThe special operation must be carried out in accordance with the instructions, approved by CASA, set out in the operator’s operations manual.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1959},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains a narrow, targeted scope limited to specific emergency and law enforcement operations conducted by a single operator, consistent with its original purpose as a specific safety exemption."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 5 operative sections plus 2 schedules","Limited application to single identified operator (Helistar Aviation)","Minimal defined terms (only 'special operation' and 'the operator')","No nested conditional logic or exceptions to exceptions","Single external cross-reference to empowering regulations only"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises Helistar Aviation Pty Ltd to allow people to stand on a helicopter’s external undercarriage (skids) while the aircraft hovers during emergency operations—search and rescue, police, firefighting, or training—where landing is unsafe or impossible. It creates a narrow exception to normal in‑flight seating/seatbelt rules, only for boarding or exiting under hover and only when conducted under the company’s approved safety procedures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","history":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-305-10-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/documents"}}