1CASA EX51/24 — Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight Exemption 2024

Instrument number CASA EX51/24

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

26 August 2024

CASA EX51/24 — Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight Exemption 2024

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX51/24 — Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight Exemption 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 September 2024; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 August 2026.

3 Interpretation

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: operated within the visual line of sight, remote pilot licence and RPA.

(1) In this instrument:

documented practices and procedures has the meaning given by subsection 1.04(2) of the Part 101 Manual of Standards.

enclosed operation means an RPA operation in which an RPA is operated within a building or other structure, or a naturally occurring or manufactured space underground, in circumstances where:

(a) it is physically impossible for the RPA to escape and fly away from the building, structure or space if the RPA is no longer under the control of the remote pilot operating the RPA; and

(b) if the RPA collides with any part of the building, structure or periphery of the space, no material from the RPA, or building, structure or periphery of the space, can move or escape and cause injury to a person outside the building, structure or space.

EVLOS operation has the meaning given by section 5.04 of the Part 101 Manual of Standards.

exempted flight means a flight of an RPA that is operated beyond visual line of sight of the person operating the RPA at any time during the flight.

remote pilot means:

(a) the holder of a remote pilot licence; or

(b) a person who is taken to hold a remote pilot licence under subregulation 202.461(3) of CASR.

RPA operator means a person who is certified as an RPA operator under regulation 101.335 of CASR.