{"id":"F2005B00495","name":"CASA EX29/2004 - Exemption and determination relating to recording of certain aircraft information","slug":"casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31910,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00495-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX29/2004 - Exemption and determination relating to recording of certain aircraft information","content":"EXEMPTION NUMBER: CASA EX29/2004\n\nCIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988\n\nCIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988\n\nEXEMPTION AND DETERMINATION RELATING TO RECORDING CERTAIN AIRCRAFT INFORMATION\n\nI, BRUCE ROBERT GEMMELL, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA:\n\n(a) under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988), having taken into account all relevant considerations relating to the interests of safety, issue the exemption set out in Schedule 1; and\n\n(b) under paragraph 1.2 of section 100.5 of the Civil Aviation Orders, having taken into account all relevant considerations relating to the interests of safety, determine that subparagraphs 6.5 (d), (e) and (f) of the section do not apply in relation to each Class A aircraft.\n\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nEXEMPTION FROM RECORDING OF TIME-IN-SERVICE ON MAINTENANCE RELEASES\n\nThe exemption exempts:\n\n(a) each Class A aircraft from compliance with the requirements of regulation 43B of CAR 1988; and\n\n(b) the owner, operator and pilot in command of a Class A aircraft from compliance with the requirements of regulation 43B of CAR 1988 while they are in, on, or otherwise associated with the operation of, the aircraft;\n\non condition that the operator of the aircraft:\n\n(c) ensures that the aircraft’s approved system of maintenance includes an approved recording method for time-in-service which is sufficient to meet continuing airworthiness requirements; and\n\n(d) includes details of the recording method in the operator’s maintenance control manual prepared for the purposes of regulation 42ZY of CAR 1988.\n\nThis instrument stops having effect at the end of July 2006.\n\n\\[Signed B. Gemmell\\]\n\nBruce Gemmell\n\nDeputy Director of Aviation Safety and\n\nChief Operating Officer\n\n30 July 2004","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1888},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains narrowly focused on its original purpose of providing a conditional exemption from specific maintenance recording requirements for Class A aircraft. It has not expanded beyond this specific regulatory relief function."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to three separate regulations (CAR 1988 regs 308, 43B, and 42ZY) and Civil Aviation Orders section 100.5","Conditional exemption structure requiring alternative compliance measures","Undefined term 'Class A aircraft' relying on external definition","Temporal limitation clause (sunset provision ending July 2006)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This instrument temporarily exempts \"Class A aircraft\" from the usual requirement to record flight hours (called \"time-in-service\") on their maintenance release documents—a key aviation paperwork requirement.\n\n**Who it affects:** Owners, operators, and pilots of Class A aircraft (a specific category defined elsewhere in aviation regulations).\n\n**The alternative:** Instead of writing hours on maintenance releases, operators can use this exemption **only if** they:\n* Have an approved alternative system for tracking flight hours that meets airworthiness safety standards; and\n* Document that system in their maintenance control manual.\n\n**Additional change:** It also exempts these aircraft from specific provisions in the Civil Aviation Orders (subparagraphs 6.5(d), (e) and (f) of section 100.5).\n\n**Important timing note:** This was a temporary exemption that automatically expired at the end of July 2006."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-2004-exemption-and-determination-relating-to-recording-of-certain-aircraft-information/documents"}}