{"id":"F2005L03089","name":"CASA EX50/05 - Exemption – flight check system","slug":"casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38051,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L03089-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX50/05 - Exemption – flight check system","content":"![](image.001.png)  \nInstrument number CASA EX50/05\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\n\nDeputy Chief Executive and\n\nChief Operating Officer\n\n13 October 2005\n\nExemption — flight check system\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 30 June 2006.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to Heli-Aust Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 401774 (the operator), for its operation of Bell 212 helicopters (the aircraft).\n\n3 Exemption\n\nThe operator is exempt from compliance with regulation 232 of CAR 1988.\n\n4 Conditions\n\nThe exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.\n\nSchedule 1 Conditions\n\n1 The operator must:\n\n(a) hold a discrete AOC for the aircraft; and\n\n(b) comply with any conditions mentioned in it.\n\n2 The aircraft must have a flight check system that complies with the standards of the aviation authority of the country in which the aircraft is registered.\n\n3 The operator and the pilot in command must ensure that the normal and emergency checklists are available to the crew in flight.\n\n4 The pilot in command must ensure that the flight check system is carried out in detail.\n\n5 If the aircraft’s checklist information, procedures and instructions are contained in the aircraft’s flight manual, the flight manual:\n\n(a) may be taken to be the flight check system; and\n\n(b) must be available to the crew in flight.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2216},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose—granting a time-limited exemption from regulation 232 of CAR 1988 for a specific operator's Bell 212 fleet. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond this specific administrative relief."},"complexity_factors":["Single, named operator and specific aircraft type (Bell 212) limitation","Minimal cross-referencing to parent regulations (only Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, regs 308 and 232)","External compliance reference requiring assessment against foreign aviation authority standards","Fixed sunset clause (expiry 30 June 2006)","Simple conditional structure with five straightforward operational conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a CASA exemption letting Heli‑Aust Pty Ltd use the flight‑check standards of the Bell 212s’ country of registration instead of strict Australian checklist rules. It applies only to Heli‑Aust (ARN 401774) and its Bell 212 pilots, requires a valid AOC, flight‑check systems and normal/emergency checklists to be carried and followed in flight (or the aircraft flight manual if adequate), and ran until 30 June 2006."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex50-05-exemption-flight-check-system/documents"}}