{"id":"F2012L01559","name":"CASA EX74/12 - Exemption - flight and navigation equipment","slug":"casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89536,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01559-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX74/12 - Exemption - flight and navigation equipment","content":"Instrument number CASA EX74/12\n\nI, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\n\\[Signed John F. McCormick\\]\n\nJohn F. McCormick  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n9 July 2012\n\nExemption — flight and navigation equipment\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after registration; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of December 2012.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to all Australian registered aircraft which do not meet the flight and navigation requirements contained in Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (CAO 20.18).\n\n3 Exemption\n\nAustralian registered aircraft are exempt from compliance with subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 only to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.\n\n4 Condition\n\nThe exemption is subject to the condition in Schedule 2.\n\nSchedule 1 Extent of exemption\n\nThe exemption extends only to the directions under subregulation 207 (2) relating to flight and navigation equipment that are contained in CAO 20.18.\n\nSchedule 2 Condition\n\nThe aircraft must only be operated if the flight and navigation equipment requirements of CAO 20.18 have been met by an alternative means of compliance which has the equivalent level of safety as determined by the type certificating authority for the aircraft taking into consideration its intended operation.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1954},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original exemption instrument as made, providing temporary regulatory relief for a specific period with clearly defined application and conditions. The scope remains limited to the original intent of exempting non-compliant aircraft subject to equivalent safety alternatives."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with straightforward structure (Duration, Application, Exemption, Condition, Schedules)","Limited cross-referencing to only three external regulatory instruments (CAO 20.18, CAR 1988, CASR 1998)","Single condition requiring subjective safety equivalence determination by external authority (type certificating authority)"],"plain_english_summary":"This temporary CASA exemption (July–December 2012) allowed certain Australian-registered aircraft to operate without the specific flight and navigation equipment normally required by CAO 20.18. It affected owners/operators whose aircraft couldn’t meet those standards, provided they used alternative equipment delivering an equivalent level of safety and had that equivalence approved by the aircraft’s type certificating authority."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex74-12-exemption-flight-and-navigation-equipment/documents"}}