CASA EX30/19 — Aerodrome Lighting (Green Chromaticity) Exemption 2019

Instrument number CASA EX30/19

I, CHRISTOPHER PAUL MONAHAN, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Christopher P. Monahan]

Christopher P. Monahan
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards

30 March 2019

CASA EX30/19 — Aerodrome Lighting (Green Chromaticity) Exemption 2019

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX30/19 — Aerodrome Lighting (Green Chromaticity) Exemption 2019.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 28 February 2022.

3 Definition

Manual of Standards: see regulation 139.010 of CASR.

4 Application

This instrument applies to the operator of a certified aerodrome that:

(a) is available for an aircraft to land, or take-off, at night or in less than VMC during the day; and

(b) has a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system for the movement area of the aerodrome.

5 Exemption

(1)In relation to the LED lighting system, the operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 139.195 (1) and paragraph 139.195 (3) (a) of CASR, to the extent the provisions require the operator to provide and maintain a lighting system, for the movement area, which meets the standard stated in subparagraph 9.2.2.1 (c) of the Manual of Standards.

(2)The exemption is subject to the condition stated in section 6.

6 Condition

The operator must ensure the LED lighting system meets the green chromaticity standard for aeronautical ground lights stated in Appendix 1, paragraph 2.3 of Volume I of Annex 14, Aerodromes, to the Chicago Convention.