{"id":"F2007L01764","name":"CASA EX26/07 - Exemption - carriage of life rafts","slug":"casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66508,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01764-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX26/07 - Exemption - carriage of life rafts","content":"Instrument number CASA EX26/07\n\nI, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Strategy and Support, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).\n\n\\[Signed S. Carmody\\]\n\nShane Carmody  \nDeputy Chief Executive Officer  \nStrategy and Support\n\n12 June 2007\n\nExemption — carriage of life rafts\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 May 2009.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to the Embraer ERJ-170/190 aircraft operated by Capiteq Limited, trading as Airnorth, Aviation Reference Number 518845, for operations in non-extended range operations involving flights over water.\n\n3 Exemption\n\n(1)The aircraft are exempt from compliance with directions under subregulation 252 (1) of CAR 1988 to the extent mentioned in subsection (2).\n\n(2)The exemption applies only to the requirement to comply with paragraph 5.2.1 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 in relation to the carriage of life rafts.\n\n4 Condition\n\nThe exemption is subject to the condition that the aircraft must be within the lesser of 60 minutes at single engine cruising speed, or 400 nautical miles, from an adequate aerodrome as defined in Civil Aviation Order 82.0.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2163},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow scope as a temporary, conditional exemption for a specific operator (Airnorth) and specific aircraft types (Embraer ERJ-170/190) regarding life raft carriage requirements. It does not expand beyond this specific operational relief."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to external legislative instruments (CAR 1988, CAO 20.11, CAO 82.0)","Technical aviation terminology requiring domain knowledge (e.g., 'adequate aerodrome', 'extended range operations', 'single engine cruising speed')","Mathematical conditional limitation ('lesser of 60 minutes... or 400 nautical miles')"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts Airnorth (Capiteq Limited)’s Embraer ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 from the usual requirement to carry life rafts on overwater flights, but only for non-extended range operations that remain within the lesser of 60 minutes’ single‑engine cruise or 400 NM of an adequate aerodrome. It provided operational flexibility while ensuring proximity to safe diversion airports and expired in May 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-07-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/documents"}}