{"id":"F2009L03631","name":"CASA EX80/09 – Exemption – flight data recording","slug":"casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":141452,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L03631-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX80/09 – Exemption – flight data recording","content":"Instrument number CASA EX80/09\n\nI, JOHN FRANCIS Mccormick, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).\n\n\\[Signed John F. McCormick\\]\n\nJohn F. McCormick  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n25 September 2009\n\nExemption — flight data recording\n\n1 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on 1 October 2009; and\n\n(b) stops having effect at the end of 30 September 2011.\n\n2 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to all Australian registered Cessna 525B aircraft with maximum take\\-off weight of over 5 700 kg which do not meet the flight and data recording requirements contained in Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (CAO 20.18) and which are used in private operations (the aircraft).\n\n3 Exemption\n\nThe aircraft are exempt from compliance with subregulation 207 (2) of CAR 1988 only to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.\n\n4 Condition\n\nThe exemption is subject to conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.\n\nSchedule 1 Extent of exemption\n\nThe exemption extends only to the directions under subregulation 207 (2) that are contained is paragraph 6.1 (a) of CAO 20.18.\n\nSchedule 2 Condition\n\nThe aircraft must have an approved cockpit voice recorder system.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2037},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This exemption instrument maintains a tight, focused scope on the specific Cessna aircraft and the specific recording requirement exemption. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the original purpose stated in the instrument title and commencement provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 4 operative clauses and 2 schedules","Limited cross-referencing to external regulations (only CAR 1988 reg 207(2) and CAO 20.18 para 6.1(a))","Single, clear condition attached to the exemption","Narrow, specific application limited to one aircraft model type"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument granted a temporary, narrow exemption (1 Oct 2009–30 Sep 2011) allowing Australian-registered Cessna 525B jets over 5,700 kg on private flights to forgo the normal flight data recorder requirement if they carried an approved cockpit voice recorder instead. It applied only to affected owners/operators who otherwise didn’t meet FDR rules and did not relieve them of any other safety obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex80-09-exemption-flight-data-recording/documents"}}