1CASA EX44/24 — Maintenance on Limited Category and Experimental Aircraft Exemption 2024

Instrument number CASA EX44/24

I, Daniel bernard o’hagan, Manager, Legislative Drafting, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed D.B. O’Hagan]

Danny O’Hagan
Manager, Legislative Drafting
Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division

29 July 2024

CASA EX44/24 — Maintenance on Limited Category and Experimental Aircraft Exemption 2024

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX44/24 — Maintenance on Limited Category and Experimental Aircraft Exemption 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 August 2024; and

(b) is repealed at the earlier of the following:

(i) the commencement of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Part 43—Maintenance of Aircraft) Regulations 2024;

(ii) the end of 31 July 2027.

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: approved design organisation, certificate of airworthiness, experimental certificate, special certificate of airworthiness and limited category aircraft as defined in the CASR Dictionary, and approved maintenance data as defined in regulation 2 of CAR.

In this instrument:

exempted aircraft means an aircraft that is a limited category aircraft or an aircraft in relation to which an experimental certificate is in force.

exempted aircraft maintenance means maintenance on an exempted aircraft that is not the following:

(a) maintenance of instruments and equipment on the exempted aircraft required by CASR, CAR or the Civil Aviation Orders;

(b) maintenance to comply with a condition on the special certificate of airworthiness or experimental certificate for the exempted aircraft;

(c) maintenance specified in an airworthiness directive or in a direction issued by CASA;

(d) maintenance to comply with an instruction specified in the exempted aircraft’s approved maintenance data.

major design change, in relation to an exempted aircraft, means a design change that has a significant effect on any of the following:

(a) the weight and balance of the aircraft;

(b) the structural strength of the aircraft;