{"id":"F2015L01923","name":"CASA EX209/15 - Exemption — minimum height and lateral separation for operations (Aerotech First Response)","slug":"casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93692,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01923-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX209/15 - Exemption — minimum height and lateral separation for operations (Aerotech First Response)","content":"Instrument number CASA EX209/15\n\nI, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).\n\n\\[Signed G.J. Campbell\\]\n\nGerard J. Campbell  \nExecutive Manager  \nOperations Division\n\n2 December 2015\n\nExemption — minimum height and lateral separation for operations (Aerotech First Response)\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day of registration; and\n\n(b) expires at the end of November 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.\n\n2 Repeal\n\nInstrument CASA EX179/12 is repealed.\n\n3 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to the pilot in command of an aeroplane operated by Aerotech First Response Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 525279 (the operator), engaged in:\n\n(a) operations involving the dropping of fire retardant, foam or water for fire fighting; or\n\n(b) reconnaissance flights undertaken for fire fighting.\n\n4 Exemptions\n\nA pilot in command mentioned in section 3 is exempt from:\n\n(a) the requirements of subregulation 137.140 (3) of CASR 1998 to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1; and\n\n(b) the requirements of subregulation 137.140 (4).\n\n5 Condition\n\nThe exemptions are subject to the condition mentioned in Schedule 2.\n\nSchedule 1 Extent of exemption\n\nThe exemption against the requirements of subregulation 137.140 (3) applies only when an aeroplane is required to drop fire retardant over an occupied building or over an area adjacent to an occupied building.\n\nSchedule 2 Condition\n\nThe operation must be conducted under an arrangement with a recognised State or Territory emergency services authority.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3118},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains a tightly constrained scope focused on specific aerial firefighting operations for a single operator. It appears to continue the existing regulatory relief previously provided under Instrument CASA EX179/12 without expanding beyond the original purpose of facilitating emergency firefighting response."},"complexity_factors":["Limited application to single operator (Aerotech First Response Pty Ltd)","Narrow exemption scope restricted to firefighting over occupied buildings or adjacent areas","Conditional on external arrangement with State/Territory emergency authority","References external CASR subregulations (137.140(3) and (4)) without reproducing the text of those rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allows Aerotech First Response (ARN 525279) pilots to operate closer to and lower over buildings than usual aviation rules permit—but only when conducting firefighting flights (dropping retardant/foam/water or doing firefighting reconnaissance).  \n\nThe exemption applies solely where drops are over or immediately adjacent to occupied buildings and only under an authorised arrangement with a recognised State/Territory emergency services authority; it is not a general waiver of safety rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex209-15-exemption-minimum-height-and-lateral-separation-for-operations-aerotech-first-response/documents"}}