{"id":"F2020L00580","name":"CASA EX83/20 — Aeronautical Knowledge Examinations (Extension of Time Due to COVID-19) Exemption 2020","slug":"casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100126,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L00580-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CASA EX83/20 — Aeronautical Knowledge Examinations (Extension of Time Due to COVID-19) Exemption 2020","content":"Instrument number CASA EX83/20\n\nI, shane patrick carmody, 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 S. Carmody\\]\n\nShane Carmody  \nDirector of Aviation Safety\n\n14 May 2020\n\nCASA EX83/20 — Aeronautical Knowledge Examinations (Extension of Time Due to COVID-19) Exemption 2020\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is CASA EX83/20 — Aeronautical Knowledge Examinations (Extension of Time Due to COVID-19) Exemption 2020.\n\n2 Duration\n\nThis instrument:\n\n(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and\n\n(b) is repealed at the end of 15 September 2022.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument, words and phrases have the same meaning as in Part 61 of CASR, including aeronautical knowledge examination, endorsement, flight crew licence and rating.\n\n4 Application\n\nThis instrument applies to a person who:\n\n(a) between 16 March 2018 and 15 March 2020, passed at least 1 part of an aeronautical knowledge examination for a flight crew licence, rating or endorsement; and\n\n(b) passes all parts of the examination:\n\n(i) after 15 March 2018; and\n\n(ii) within a period of 2 years and 6 months.\n\n5 Exemption — timeframe for completion of aeronautical knowledge examination\n\nThe person is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.225 (2) of CASR to the extent that it requires that, for the person to be taken to have passed the examination, the person must pass all parts of the examination within a period of 2 years.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1743},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a temporary COVID-19 relief measure that operates within the existing aviation safety framework. It does not expand the fundamental scope of aviation regulation; rather, it provides a narrow, time-limited exemption from a specific procedural deadline (the 2-year exam completion window) for a defined cohort of affected pilot students."},"complexity_factors":["Single, targeted exemption modifying only one subregulation (61.225(2))","Limited application criteria based on specific date ranges (16 March 2018 to 15 March 2020)","Short duration with automatic repeal provision (expired September 2022)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to Part 61 of CASR for definitions)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily gave trainee pilots an extra six months (extending the usual 2‑year window to 2½ years) to finish required written aeronautical exams after COVID‑19 disruption to test centres. It applied to candidates who’d passed at least one exam part between 16 Mar 2018 and 15 Mar 2020 and needed the extension to complete remaining parts. The measure expired on 15 Sep 2022."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020","history":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/casa-ex83-20-aeronautical-knowledge-examinations-extension-of-time-due-to-covid-19-exemption-2020/documents"}}