{"id":"F2009L04252","name":"CASA 536/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations","slug":"casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":81963,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04252-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 536/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations","content":"Instrument number CASA 536/09\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\n24 November 2009\n\nAuthorisation, permission and direction — helicopter special operations\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 December 2011.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to a helicopter flight mentioned in Schedule 1 (a special operation) by National Helicopters Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 778300 (the operator).\n\n3 Authorisation\n\nThe pilot in command of a helicopter operated by the operator may pick up a person when the helicopter is in flight.\n\n4 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\n5 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\n6 Condition\n\nThe permission in section 4 is subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 2.\n\nSchedule 1 Special operation\n\nA helicopter search and rescue, law enforcement, firefighting or related training operation 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 each operator’s operations manual.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1856},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2009 instrument; scope remains tightly confined to specific emergency helicopter operations for a single operator without expansion into broader regulatory areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose exemption instrument with only 6 operative sections","Only 1 defined term ('special operation' in Schedule 1)","Straightforward conditional structure: exemptions apply only if operations manual procedures are followed","Limited application to one identified operator (National Helicopters Pty Ltd) and fixed duration"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempted National Helicopters Pty Ltd from normal aviation safety rules so it could perform high-risk in-flight rescues—including picking people up without landing, carrying passengers on skids, and allowing seat belts to be removed—when landing was impossible during search-and-rescue, police, firefighting or related training.\n\nThose maneuvers were only lawful if executed under the company’s regulator-approved operations manual; the exemption applied solely to that company and expired on 31 December 2011."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","history":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-536-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/documents"}}