{"id":"F2015L00159","name":"CASA EX26/15 - Exemption — low-level operations at air displays","slug":"casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92720,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00159-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX26/15 - Exemption — low-level operations at air displays","content":"Instrument number CASA EX26/15\n\nI, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).\n\n\\[Signed Mark Skidmore AM\\]\n\nMark Skidmore AM  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n13 February 2015\n\nExemption — low-level operations at air displays\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day of registration; and\n\n(b) expires at the end of January 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.\n\n2 Definition\n\n> low-level operation has the same meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR 1998.\n\n3 Application\n\nThis exemption applies to each pilot in command of an aircraft (the pilot) who:\n\n(a) is conducting a low-level operation at an air display approved by CASA; and\n\n(b) does not hold a low-level rating or an aerial application rating.\n\n4 Exemption\n\nThe pilot is exempt from:\n\n(a) paragraph 157 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988; and\n\n(b) subregulation 61.065 (1) of CASR 1998; and\n\n(c) subregulation 61.375 (7) of CASR 1998, but only in relation to item 5 of Table 61.375 of CASR 1998.\n\n5 Conditions\n\nThe exemptions are subject to the conditions in Schedule 1.\n\nSchedule 1 — Conditions\n\n1 The pilot must not fly below 200 feet.\n\n2 The pilot must not fly with a bank angle of more than 30º between 200 feet and 500 feet.\n\n3 For an air display in which the pilot is conducting a low-level operation, the pilot must comply with any relevant conditions contained in the air display approval issued by CASA.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2021},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose—providing a limited exemption for un-rated pilots at approved air displays. The conditions in Schedule 1 reinforce this narrow application rather than expanding it."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to different regulations (CAR 1988 and CASR 1998)","Defined term imported by reference from regulation 61.010","Conditional exemption applying only to specific subparagraphs and table items","Geometric constraints (200 feet, 30 degrees, 500 feet) requiring precise interpretation"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts certain pilots commanding CASA‑approved air displays from strict low‑level qualifications, allowing limited low flying at shows even if they lack a low‑level or aerial application rating. \n\nThe exemption is tightly constrained: flights must follow the CASA display approval, stay above 200 ft (≈60 m), limit bank angles between 200–500 ft, and apply only to display operations—not general low‑level flying."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex26-15-exemption-low-level-operations-at-air-displays/documents"}}