{"id":"F2020L01030","name":"CASA 44/20 – Remotely Piloted Aircraft – RPA Application Day Determination 2020","slug":"casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100412,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L01030-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 44/20 – Remotely Piloted Aircraft – RPA Application Day Determination 2020","content":"Instrument number CASA 44/20\n\nI, Shane Patrick carmody, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 202.229 (2) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\n\\[Signed S. Carmody\\]\n\nShane Carmody  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n16 August 2020\n\nCASA 44/20 – Remotely Piloted Aircraft – RPA Application Day Determination 2020\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is CASA 44/20 – Remotely Piloted Aircraft – RPA Application Day Determination 2020.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day it is registered.\n\n> Note This instrument is a legislative instrument under subregulation 202.229 (2) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (contained in the Civil Aviation Amendment (Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Model Aircraft — Registration and Accreditation) Regulations 2019, as amended).\n\n3 Determination\n\nI determine 28 January 2021 to be the RPA application day for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of RPA application day in subregulation 202.229 (1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1606},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope of determining a specific application date for RPA regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 3 sections)","Single operational provision determining one specific date","No defined terms or interpretation section within the instrument","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Minimal cross-referencing (only references the enabling subregulation in the principal regulations)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This instrument sets a specific date — **28 January 2021** — as the 'RPA application day' when certain drone registration and accreditation rules began applying to remotely piloted aircraft (drones) in Australia.\n\n**Who it affects:** Drone operators in Australia, specifically those caught by the registration and accreditation requirements in the *Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998*.\n\n**Why it matters:** This legal instrument acts as a 'switch' that turned on specific regulatory obligations for drone owners and operators. Before this date, those particular rules didn't apply; from this date forward, operators had to comply with registration and accreditation requirements (depending on the type of operation and aircraft weight)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-44-20-remotely-piloted-aircraft-rpa-application-day-determination-2020/documents"}}