{"id":"F2023L00547","name":"CASA EX29/23 — Designated Aviation Medical Examiners (Extending Medical Certificates) Exemption 2023","slug":"casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":104182,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L00547-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX29/23 — Designated Aviation Medical Examiners (Extending Medical Certificates) Exemption 2023","content":"Instrument number CASA EX29/23\n\nI, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\n\\[Signed P. Spence\\]\n\nPip Spence  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n12 May 2023\n\nCASA EX29/23 — Designated Aviation Medical Examiners (Extending Medical Certificates) Exemption 2023\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is CASA EX29/23 — Designated Aviation Medical Examiners (Extending Medical Certificates) Exemption 2023.\n\n2 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and\n\n(b) is repealed at the end of 30 April 2025.\n\n3 Exemption and condition\n\n(1) This section applies to a DAME who is dealing with an application made by a person under regulation 67.210 of CASR for an extension of the person’s medical certificate.\n\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 11.160 of CASR, the DAME is exempt from compliance with subregulation 67.220(4) of CASR to the extent that it requires the DAME to limit the period within which the DAME could extend the period that a medical certificate remains in force to 2 months after the day when the certificate would otherwise expire.\n\n(3) For the purposes of regulation 11.205 of CASR, the exemption is subject to the condition that the DAME must not extend the period during which the certificate remains in force for longer than 4 months after the day when the certificate would expire if the period had not been extended.\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: DAME and medical certificate.","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":"The instrument remains precisely within its stated purpose of extending the time period that DAMEs may extend medical certificates. No additional activities, persons, or regulatory areas have been added beyond the specific exemption from the 2-month limitation in subregulation 67.220(4)."},"complexity_factors":["References to four separate regulations (11.160, 11.205, 67.210, 67.220(4)) requiring knowledge of parent legislation","Relies on defined terms from the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR)","Uses conditional logic with negative limitations ('must not extend... for longer than')"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily lets Civil Aviation Safety Authority‑authorised medical examiners extend pilots’ and air traffic controllers’ medical certificates for up to 4 months (instead of the usual 2) to cover the period while CASA processes renewals. It affects DAMEs and certificate holders who need valid medicals to work and expires automatically on 30 April 2025."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex29-23-designated-aviation-medical-examiners-extending-medical-certificates-exemption-2023/documents"}}