{"id":"F2008L02651","name":"CASA EX51/08 – Exemption – recency requirement","slug":"casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":74688,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L02651-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX51/08 – Exemption – recency requirement","content":"![](image.001.png)Instrument number CASA EX51/08\n\nI, MICHAEL DAVID QUINN, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).\n\n\\[Signed M.D. Quinn\\]\n\nMick Quinn  \nDeputy Chief Executive Officer  \nOperations\n\n25 September 2008\n\nExemption — recency requirement\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of July 2010.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to:\n\n(a) the holder of an ATC licence or flight service licence; and\n\n(b) the recency requirement in relation to an endorsement at a particular time for duties in relation to the airspace to which the endorsement relates.\n\n3 Exemption\n\nThe holder of an ATC licence or flight service licence is exempt from the recency requirement of subregulation 65.025 (1) of CASR 1998 in relation to an endorsement at a particular time, if he or she has performed the duties required by the relevant function at an aerodrome, or in relation to the airspace to which the endorsement relates, for at least 5 hours within the previous 21 days.\n\n4 Conditions\n\nThe exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.\n\nSchedule 1 Conditions\n\n1 The holder of an ATC licence or flight service licence must perform at least 5 hours of duties within the previous 21 days.\n\n2 For clause 1, time spent on the Precision Radar Monitoring simulator located in Sydney (the PRMS) may count towards the 5 hours of duties.\n\n3 If Airservices Australia, Aviation Reference Number 202210 (AA) makes any changes to the PRMS before this instrument takes effect, AA must seek CASA’s approval to the changes before the PRMS is used to meet the recency requirement.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1719},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original instrument as made; it establishes the exemption scope without deviation from its original purpose of providing alternative recency compliance for ATC and flight service licence holders."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with only 4 operative clauses and 3 schedule conditions","Single cross-reference to subregulation 65.025(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","Simple conditional structure (5 hours of duties in previous 21 days triggers exemption)","Only one specific technical term defined in context (the PRMS simulator)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts air traffic controllers and flight service officers from the usual recency rules by allowing an alternative qualification: performing at least 5 hours of normal duties within the previous 21 days satisfies recency. Time on the Sydney Precision Radar Monitoring simulator may count, but changes to that simulator need CASA approval. The exemption runs until the end of July 2010."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex51-08-exemption-recency-requirement/documents"}}