1CASA EX11/26 — Part 145 Exposition (CAR Maintenance Activities) Exemption 2026

Instrument number CASA EX11/26

I, Daniel bernard o’hagan, Section Manager Drafting, Legal Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed D.B. O’Hagan]

Danny O’Hagan
Section Manager Drafting
Legal Division

16 February 2026

CASA EX11/26 — Part 145 Exposition (CAR Maintenance Activities) Exemption 2026

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX11/26 — Part 145 Exposition (CAR Maintenance Activities) Exemption 2026.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 March 2026; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 28 February 2029.

3 Definitions

Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: CAR maintenance activities, Part 145 Manual of Standards and Part 145 organisation.

In this instrument:

Part 145 Assessor Handbook means the Part 145 – Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) Technical Assessor Handbook, published by CASA, as it exists from time to time.

4 Application

This instrument applies to a person (the applicant):

(a) who has applied to CASA, under regulation 145.025 of CASR, for approval as a Part 145 organisation; and

(b) whose application covers the undertaking of CAR maintenance activities; and

(c) who has an exposition that CASA is satisfied complies with the requirements specified in the Part 145 Assessor Handbook relating to CAR maintenance activities.

Note 1 Regulation 202.805 of CASR deals with an application under regulation 145.025 of CASR that covers the undertaking of CAR maintenance activities.

Note 2 As at the commencement of this instrument, Appendix 2 of the Part 145 Assessor Handbook specifies the requirements relating to CAR maintenance activities. See Subpart C6.5 of the handbook for how the applicant may include the requirements in the applicant’s exposition.

5 Exemptions

The applicant is exempt from compliance with:

(a) paragraph 145.030(1)(a) of CASR to the extent that the applicant must have an exposition that complies with the requirements specified in the Part 145 Manual of Standards relating to CAR maintenance activities; and

(b) paragraph 202.806(1)(a) of CASR.