1CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024

CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024

as amended

made under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

This compilation takes into account amendments up to instrument CASA EX92/25 — Amendment of CASA EX45/24 (Operation of Certain Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area) Instrument 2025. It is a compilation of CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024, as amended and in force on 16 November 2025.

Prepared by the Legal Services Branch, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.

Compilation No. 1.

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 July 2027.

3 Definitions

In this instrument:

approved area has the meaning given by regulation 101.236 of CASR.

certificated RPA means a relevant RPA for which a certificate of airworthiness has been issued.

populous area has the meaning given by regulation 101.025 of CASR.

relevant approval means any of the following approvals, whether granted before or after the commencement of this definition:

(a) an approval under regulation 101.029 of CASR, for the purposes of subregulation 101.245(5) of CASR, to operate a relevant RPA that is not a certificated RPA within 30 metres of a person who is not directly associated with the operation;

(b) an approval given for the purposes of paragraph 7(3)(a) of CASA 20/25 – Operation of Certain Unmanned Aircraft and Rockets – Directions Instrument 2025 (CASA 20/25) to operate a relevant RPA in, or over, another person’s safety zone.

Note The term safety zone is defined in subsection 7(2) of CASA 20/25.

relevant person: see section 4.

relevant RPA means a very small RPA, small RPA, medium RPA or large RPA.

4 Application

This instrument applies if:

(a) a person (the relevant person) holds a relevant approval; and

(b) the relevant approval is not suspended; and

(c) the relevant person complies with the conditions of the relevant approval.

5 Exemptions — operating over a populous area