CASA EX171/16 - Exemption — requirement to provide a VASIS

Instrument number CASA EX171/16

I, Graeme Mills crawford, Aviation Group Manager, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR).

[Signed G.M. Crawford]

Graeme M. Crawford
Aviation Group Manager

29 November 2016

Exemption — requirement to provide a VASIS

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 December 2016; and

(b) is repealed at the earlier of the following:

(i) the end of 30 November 2019;

(ii) the commencement of Parts 119, 121 and 135 of CASR.

2 Application

This instrument applies to the operator of a certified aerodrome (the operator) in relation to an end of a runway:

(a) that is regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting charter operations; and

(b) that is not regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting regular public transport (RPT) operations; and

(c) for which, on 30 November 2016, an approved visual approach slope indicator system (VASIS) was not provided.

3 Exemption

The operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 139.190 (1) of CASR in relation to the end of the runway.

Note 1 Subregulation 139.190 (1) of CASR requires the operator of a certified aerodrome to, in accordance with the standards for VASIS set out in the Manual of Standards, provide an approved VASIS for the end of a runway at the aerodrome if that end is regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting RPT operations or charter operations.

Note 2 This exemption does not affect CASA’s power under CASR to issue a direction to an operator to which this exemption applies to provide an approved VASIS.