{"id":"F2005L02480","name":"CASA EX40/05 - Exemption – carriage of life rafts","slug":"casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":37137,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L02480-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX40/05 - Exemption – carriage of life rafts","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nInstrument number CASA EX40/05\n\nI, BRUCE ROBERT GEMMELL, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).\n\n\\[Signed B. Gemmell\\]\n\nBruce Gemmell  \nDeputy Chief Executive and  \nChief Operating Officer\n\n30 August 2005\n\nExemption — carriage of life rafts\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of July 2008.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to Embraer EMB 120 and Fairchild 227\\-DC aircraft operated by Capiteq Limited (ACN 008 137 559), trading as AirNorth, Airlines of South Australia and Emu Airways in any of the following operations:\n\n(a) between Darwin (YPDN) and Dili (WPDL);\n\n(b) between Darwin (YPDN) and Baucau (WPEC);\n\n(c) between Darwin YPDN and Denpasar (WRRR);\n\n(d) between Broome (YBRM) and Dili (WPDL);\n\n(e) between Broome (YBRM) and Baucau (WPEC);\n\n(f) between Broome (YBRM) and Kupang (WRKK);\n\n(g) between Gove (YPGV) and Cairns (YBCS);\n\n(h) between Groote Eylandt (YGTE) and Cairns (YBCS).\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 200 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":2566},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintained its original narrow scope as a specific operational exemption for designated routes and aircraft types. It did not expand beyond the specific relief from life raft carriage requirements for the stated operator."},"complexity_factors":["Incorporates definitions by reference to Civil Aviation Order 82.0 ('adequate aerodrome')","Contains conditional distance/time calculation requiring assessment of 'lesser of' 60 minutes or 200 nautical miles","Specific geographic and operational limitations (8 named routes, 2 aircraft types)","References multiple nested regulatory provisions (CAR 252(1), CAO 20.11 para 5.2.1)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument granted a temporary exemption letting Capiteq Ltd (AirNorth/ Airlines of South Australia/Emu Airways) operate Embraer EMB 120 and Fairchild 227-DC aircraft on specific Northern Australia–East Timor/Indonesia and certain domestic routes without carrying life rafts. It applied only while the aircraft remained within 60 minutes (one‑engine) or 200 NM of an adequate aerodrome, and it expired in July 2008."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex40-05-exemption-carriage-of-life-rafts/documents"}}