{"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Instrument 2025.\n\n2 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences at the time of registration; and\n\n(b) is repealed at the end of 29 February 2028.\n\n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":"**What this does:**\nThis instrument creates a temporary exemption for air traffic controllers (ATC licence holders) who work at the Avalon Airshow — a major Australian aerospace exhibition held at Avalon Airport near Geelong, Victoria.\n\nNormally, air traffic controllers must meet strict \"currency requirements\" — rules that say they must regularly perform certain tasks to keep their skills current and their licence valid. If they don't, they lose their right to work.\n\nThis instrument says: **controllers working the Avalon Airshow don't need to meet the usual currency requirements for their special airshow endorsements** (permissions to work specific roles during the show), **provided they pass a 2-hour assessment on a specific simulator in Melbourne**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Air traffic controllers** who hold (or are training for) special endorsements to work at the Avalon Airshow\n- **Airservices Australia** — the government body that runs air traffic control, which must follow strict rules about how assessments are done and who can conduct them\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe Avalon Airshow is a massive event that needs extra controllers, but many of these controllers don't work at Avalon Airport regularly. Without this exemption, they'd need to spend months working at Avalon just to meet currency rules before the show. This lets CASA (the aviation safety regulator) use a simulator-based check instead, making it practical to staff the airshow safely without compromising safety standards.\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Runs until:** 29 February 2028 (then automatically ends)\n- **The simulator:** Must be the specific \"ML simulator\" at the Melbourne Air Traffic Services Centre\n- **The catch:** Controllers must still pass a 2-hour simulator assessment (or longer if needed) judged as \"satisfactory\" by qualified assessors\n- **Safety safeguards:** Airservices Australia must keep the simulator matching real-world conditions, and CASA must approve any changes to assessment processes"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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