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CASA EX38/16 - Exemption — aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Picture This Ballooning)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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Commonwealth

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legislative instrument

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This temporary exemption lets Picture This Ballooning Pty Ltd operate without ADS‑B capable Mode S transponders until the end of December 2018, provided their balloons carry Mode A/C transponders and any IFR flight plan includes the remark "RMK/CASA MODE S EXEMPT" (otherwise the plan is rejected). It applies only to that company (ARN 565255) and replaces a prior similar exemption.

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CASA EX38/16 - Exemption — aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Picture This Ballooning)

Instrument number CASA EX38/16

I, Mark alan skidmore, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

7 March 2016

Exemption — aircraft operating without carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Picture This Ballooning)

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) expires at the end of December 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Repeal

Instrument CASA EX14/16 is repealed.

3 Application

This instrument applies to balloons operated by Picture This Ballooning Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 565255 (the operator).

4 Exemption

The balloons mentioned in section 3 are exempt from compliance with paragraph 9E.2 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 in relation to the requirement to carry a serviceable ADS-B capable Mode S transponder.

5 Conditions

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

Schedule 1 General conditions

1 The operator must ensure that each balloon taking advantage of this exemption carries a serviceable Mode A/C transponder.

2 The operator must ensure that I.F.R. flight plans for the aircraft in Australian airspace are annotated in Item 18 with “RMK/CASA MODE S EXEMPT” (quotation marks omitted).

Note If this annotation is not included in a flight plan, the Airservices Australia automated systems will reject the plan.

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

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