What it does
CASA EX07/24 , Low-level Operations (Air Displays and Aerobatic Manoeuvres) Exemption 2024 is an instrument made on 21 February 2024 by Steven Campbell, Executive Manager National Operations and Standards, acting as a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. It is made under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. The instrument grants targeted exemptions from specified provisions of those regulations to pilots conducting low-level operations connected with air displays or aerobatic manoeuvres in Australian territory.
Section 2 states that the instrument commences on the day after it is registered and is repealed at the end of 31 January 2027. Section 3 defines low-level operation by reference to regulation 61.010 of CASR and notes that other terms such as aerobatic manoeuvres, air display, Australian territory, pilot in command, populous area and public gathering have the same meaning as in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations.
Subsections 4(1) to 4(3) provide exemptions for a pilot who does not hold a low-level rating, an aerial application rating or an aerobatics (unlimited) flight activity endorsement. These exemptions apply when the pilot conducts a low-level operation at an air display in Australian territory approved by CASA under regulation 91.045 of CASR for the purposes of regulation 91.180 of CASR, or during a flight that is solely and demonstrably a practice flight in Australian territory for an actual or anticipated air display. The exemptions cover subregulation 61.065(1) of CASR to the extent it prohibits the low-level operation without the relevant rating, and subregulation 61.375(7) of CASR but only in relation to item 5 of Table 61.375 of CASR. Subsection 4(2) clarifies that the exemptions extend to practice flights undertaken to become competent before the display organiser grants approval to participate.