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CASA EX149/14 - Exemption – refuelling in Ordinance Loading Areas (Pel-Air Aviation)

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This instrument grants Pel-Air Aviation a narrow exemption from the general ban on in‑flight refuelling with passengers aboard, limited to Westwind or Learjet flights on ADF support missions while refuelling in RAAF Ordinance Loading Areas. It only applies where ADF‑trained personnel, military OLA procedures, and serviceable equipment are used. It replaces the 2011 exemption and expires October 2017, made under CASA’s exemption power.

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CASA EX149/14 - Exemption – refuelling in Ordinance Loading Areas (Pel-Air Aviation)

Instrument number CASA EX149/14

I, terence lindsay farquharson, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998) and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed T. Farquharson]

Terry Farquharson
Acting Director of Aviation Safety

14 November 2014

Exemption — refuelling in Ordinance Loading Areas (Pel-Air Aviation)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) expires at the end of October 2017, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Repeal

Instrument CASA EX129/11 is repealed.

3 Application

This instrument applies to Pel-Air Aviation Pty Limited, Aviation Reference Number 227573 (the operator), when conducting fuelling operations in an Ordinance Loading Area (OLA) at a Royal Australian Air Force base in Australia.

4 Exemption

An aircraft operated by the operator is exempt from compliance with subregulations 235 (7), (7A) and (8) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988) to the extent of the direction contained in subparagraph 4.1.1 (d) of Civil Aviation Order 20.9.

5 Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 This exemption applies only to the fuelling of the operator’s Westwind or Learjet type aircraft engaged in Australian Defence Force (ADF) support operations.

2 The fuelling operations must be carried out by trained ADF personnel in accordance with the established procedures for refuelling in an OLA.

3 The equipment installed in an OLA must be serviceable.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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