{"id":"F2025L00290","name":"CASA EX22/25 — ATC Licence (AV Show Endorsements) (Exemptions from Currency Requirements) Instrument 2025","slug":"casa-ex22-25-atc-licence-av-show-endorsements-exemptions-from-currency-requirements-instrument-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106110,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00290-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX22/25 — ATC Licence (AV Show Endorsements) (Exemptions from Currency Requirements) Instrument 2025","content":"Instrument number CASA EX22/25\n\nI, ADRIAN PAUL SLOOTJES, National Manager, Air Navigation, Airspace & Aerodromes, Airspace & Aerodromes, Air Navigation, Transformation & Risk Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\n\\[Signed Adrian Slootjes\\]\n\nAdrian Slootjes  \nNational Manager, Air Navigation, Airspace & Aerodromes  \nAir Navigation, Transformation & Risk Division\n\n4 March 2025\n\nCASA EX22/25 — ATC Licence (AV Show Endorsements) (Exemptions from Currency Requirements) Instrument 2025\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is CASA EX22/25 — ATC Licence (AV Show Endorsements) (Exemptions from Currency Requirements) Instrument 2025.\n\n2 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences at the time of registration; and\n\n(b) is repealed at the end of 29 February 2028.\n\n> Note For regulation 11.250 of CASR, the directions in section 6 cease to be in force at the end of 29 February 2028.\n\n3 Definitions\n\n> Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: air traffic control function and ATC licence.\n\nIn this instrument:\n\n> AA Licensing and Certificates Manual means ATS Licensing and Certificates Manual, prepared by Airservices Australia, ARN 202210, as existing from time to time.\n\n> Airshow means the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition.\n\n> Avalon airport means Avalon aerodrome, aerodrome certificate CASA.ADCERT.0010.\n\n> AV Show endorsement means any of the following endorsements for an ATC licence referred to in the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual:\n\n(a) an aerodrome control endorsement;\n\n(b) a surface movement control endorsement;\n\n(c) a coordinator endorsement.\n\n> Manual of Standards has the meaning given by regulation 65.010 of CASR.\n\n> ML simulator means the Eurocat simulator that is:\n\n(a) operated by Airservices Australia; and\n\n(b) located in the Melbourne Air Traffic Services Centre; and\n\n(c) designed, amongst other things, to simulate a live operational environment for AV Show endorsement functions.\n\n> seed assessor has the same meaning as it has in the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual.\n\n> workplace assessor has the same meaning as it has in the Manual of Standards.\n\n4 Application\n\nThis instrument applies in relation to an ATC licence holder who:\n\n(a) performs air traffic control functions at Avalon Airport under an AV Show endorsement for the purposes of the Airshow; or\n\n(b) has completed training for an AV Show endorsement in order to perform air traffic control functions at Avalon Airport under an AV Show endorsement for the purposes of the Airshow.\n\n5 Exemption\n\nAn ATC licence holder to whom this instrument applies is exempt from subregulation 65.045(1) of CASR:\n\n(a) to the extent that the subregulation requires the licence holder to comply with the currency requirement mentioned in subparagraph 65.035(1)(c)(i) in the manner specified in paragraph 65.030(1)(b) in relation to an AV Show endorsement; and\n\n(b) if, within the previous 6 months, the licence holder’s performance of the AV Show endorsement function, as carried out on the ML simulator for at least 2 hours (or such longer time as may be required for the completion of at least 2 simulator exercises), has been assessed as satisfactory.\n\n6 Directions\n\nAirservices Australia must ensure that:\n\n(a) the ML simulator, software, data set and simulator exercises are, at all times when being used to simulate a live operational environment for an AV Show endorsement function under this instrument, aligned with the live operational environment required for the relevant AV Show endorsement for which the ML simulator is being used; and\n\n(b) no change is made to the ML simulator assessment process for an AV Show endorsement without CASA’s prior written approval; and\n\n(c) no change is made to the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual that affects the ambit of the exemptions under this instrument (including provisions relating to the currency requirements or the scope or description of the AV Show endorsements) without CASA’s prior written approval; and\n\n(d) an initial assessment process for the AV Show endorsements is conducted in accordance with sections 5.4.3.1 and 5.4.3.2 of the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual, as if each AV Show endorsement is an initial issue of a newly created endorsement; and\n\n(e) an assessment mentioned in paragraph 5(b) is carried out by the following:\n\n(i) in the case of an assessment of a seed assessor — a person who:\n\n(A) has been involved in the training or development of the relevant AV Show endorsement; or\n\n(B) holds the associated rating in respect of the relevant AV Show endorsement and is an appropriate subject matter expert in respect of the relevant AV Show endorsement;\n\n(ii) in the case of an assessment of an ATC licence holder who is not a seed assessor — a person who:\n\n(A) has demonstrated competence as a workplace assessor under section 3.1.14 of the Manual of Standards; and\n\n(B) holds an AV Show endorsement that corresponds to the AV Show endorsement function that is being assessed;\n\n(f) if an assessor mentioned in paragraph (e) considers that, due to limitations with the ML simulator, a 2-hour assessment is not sufficient for an individual ATC licence holder to meet all performance assessment requirements for an AV Show endorsement, the assessor conducts any outstanding assessments for the ATC licence holder in a live environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope. It is a specific, time-limited exemption instrument dealing solely with currency requirements for Avalon Airshow endorsements. It does not expand beyond this discrete operational need."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple nested defined terms (7 definitions, some referencing external documents like the AA Licensing and Certificates Manual)","Cross-references to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR) regulations 11.160, 11.245, 11.250, 65.045, 65.035, and 65.030","Conditional logic in section 5 requiring both exemption scope limitation AND a 6-month assessment window","Complex assessor qualification requirements in section 6(e) with bifurcated paths for seed assessors vs non-seed assessors","Incorporation by reference of external documents (AA Licensing and Certificates Manual, Manual of Standards) that can change over time","Temporal limitation with specific sunset date (29 February 2028)","Exception to an exception structure: exemption from currency requirements, but only if simulator assessment passed"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts air traffic controllers working the Avalon Airshow from normal currency requirements for their special airshow endorsements, provided they pass a CASA-approved assessment on the specified ML simulator in Melbourne (typically a two‑hour check judged “satisfactory”). It affects controllers and Airservices Australia, runs until 29 February 2028, and lets CASA staff the large event pragmatically while retaining simulator‑based safety safeguards and assessor oversight."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument alters how the CASR currency requirement applies to AV Show endorsements by creating an alternative compliance path based on a simulator assessment and imposing service‑provider controls (Airservices) and assessor criteria. It therefore changes the operational scope of the currency rule for these endorsements until its repeal on 29 February 2028 (see ss.2,4,5,6)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, time‑limited scope but interacts directly with existing CASR currency rules (instrument exempts subreg 65.045(1) as it relates to 65.035(1)(c)(i) and 65.030(1)(b)) (s.5).","Dependence on external operational documents: AA Licensing and Certificates Manual and the Manual of Standards drive assessment definitions and assessor roles (s.3; s.6(c),(d),(e)).","Technical alignment requirement: Airservices must align ML simulator software, data sets and exercises with live operations while in use (s.6(a)), creating operational and technical compliance needs.","Change control and regulatory oversight: no changes to simulator assessment or relevant AA Manual provisions without CASA’s prior written approval, giving CASA discretion over amendments (s.6(b),(c)).","Assessor qualification distinctions: separate competency and experience requirements for seed assessors versus workplace assessors, adding procedural complexity to staffing and oversight (s.6(e)).","Fallback to live assessment if simulator limitations prevent completion of required checks, creating conditional operational burdens and possible live‑environment costs (s.6(f)).","Application and eligibility rules narrowly target AV Show endorsements and both current performers and recent trainees, requiring administrative verification of status (s.4).","Temporal expiry creates regulatory uncertainty after 29 Feb 2028 and requires renewal or replacement action if the arrangement should continue (s.2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts certain air traffic controllers working the Avalon Airshow from a CASR currency method, allowing them to meet currency by completing a satisfactory ML‑simulator assessment of at least two hours (or two simulator exercises) within the previous six months. It applies to licence holders performing, or who have completed training for, AV Show endorsements at Avalon. The instrument requires Airservices to keep the simulator aligned with live operations and prohibits changes to assessment processes or manuals without CASA approval; it expires 29 Feb 2028."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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