{"id":"F2007L03600","name":"Civil Aviation Order 103.31 Repeal Order 2007","slug":"civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":69933,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L03600-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Civil Aviation Order 103.31 Repeal Order 2007","content":"I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 207 (1) and (2) and regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.\n\n\\[Signed S. Carmody\\]\n\nShane Carmody  \nActing Director of Aviation Safety and  \nChief Executive Officer\n\n25 October 2007\n\nCivil Aviation Order 103.31 Repeal Order 2007\n\n1 Name of instrument\n\nThis instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 103.31 Repeal Order 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered, immediately after the commencement of Civil Aviation Order 95.7 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2007 and Civil Aviation Order 20.11 Amendment Order (No. 2) 2007.\n\n3 Repeal of Civil Aviation Order 103.31\n\nCivil Aviation Order 103.31 is repealed.\n\n4 Saving\n\nA standard set out in Civil Aviation Order 103.31 immediately before the commencement of this Order is taken to be a standard approved by CASA for helicopter rescue harness inertia reels installed on an aircraft, if installed on the aircraft immediately before the commencement of this Order.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1293},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This repeal order performs exactly as its title suggests, removing CAO 103.31 from the statute books while including a standard savings provision for existing helicopter installations. No expansion beyond the stated repeal purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with minimal text","Single conditional saving provision requiring temporal analysis ('immediately before commencement')","Commencement provision creates dependency chain referencing two other amendment instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\nThis instrument scraps an older aviation safety rule called **Civil Aviation Order 103.31**.\n\n**Who it affects**\nHelicopter operators and rescue services that use inertia reels for rescue harnesses (the devices that manage cable tension when lowering rescue workers from helicopters).\n\n**The key details**\n* The old rules are repealed (removed from the books) the day after registration\n* **Grandfathering protection**: If a helicopter already had a rescue harness inertia reel installed under the old rules, that equipment can stay on the aircraft and the old standards continue to apply to it\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis tidies up aviation safety regulations by removing an outdated order while ensuring existing rescue equipment doesn't suddenly become illegal overnight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007","history":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/civil-aviation-order-103-31-repeal-order-2007/documents"}}