{"id":"F2009L04355","name":"CASA 561/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations","slug":"casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":82103,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04355-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA 561/09 – Authorisation, permission and direction – helicopter special operations","content":"Instrument number CASA 561/09\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\n18 December 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 Heliquip Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 558829 (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\nEach 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 the operator’s operations manual.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2959},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope, limited to specific high-risk helicopter operations (search and rescue, law enforcement, firefighting) conducted by a single identified operator. It does not expand beyond the specific safety exemptions required for these special operations."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only 6 operative sections and 2 schedules","Limited to single identified operator (Heliquip Pty Limited, ARN 558829)","External compliance requirement referencing CASA-approved operations manual","Four separate enabling provisions in the making clause (Civil Aviation Regulations 1988)","Single conditional limitation: landing must be impossible or unsafe"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives Heliquip Pty Ltd narrow exemptions from standard aviation safety rules so it can perform otherwise prohibited high‑risk manoeuvres — such as mid‑air pickups, external carriage and hover entries/exits without seatbelts — during search‑and‑rescue, law‑enforcement, firefighting or their training when landing is impossible. It only applies if the company follows its CASA‑approved operations manual."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations","history":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-561-09-authorisation-permission-and-direction-helicopter-special-operations/documents"}}