Part 15Low-level Rating Exemption and Conditions

Part 15 — Low-level Rating Exemption and Conditions

68 Application of Part

This Part applies to a holder of a pilot licence with a low-level rating.

69 Exemption

(1) The holder is exempt from compliance with the requirements of the following provisions of CASR:

(a) regulation 61.1040, to the extent that it requires compliance with regulations 61.1055 and 61.1060;

(b) regulation 61.1055;

(c) regulation 61.1060.

(2) The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in sections 70 and 71.

70 Condition — Flight review requirement for all rating holders

The holder must not exercise the privileges of the low-level rating unless, within 24 months before exercising the privileges, the holder:

(a) has successfully completed a flight review for the rating; or

(b) has passed a flight test for the rating; or

(c) has passed a flight test for the grant of a low-level endorsement (as long as it is more than 6 months after passing the flight test for the rating); or

(d) has successfully completed an aerial application proficiency check under regulation 61.1110 of CASR; or

(e) has successfully completed an operator proficiency check that covers:

(i) operations under the rating; or

(ii) operations under the aerial application rating; or

(f) is successfully participating in an operator’s training and checking system for an operation under the rating, being a system for which the operator holds an appropriate approval under regulation 61.040 of CASR.

71 Condition — Recency requirement for aerial mustering only

If the low-level rating has an aerial mustering endorsement, the holder must not engage in an aerial mustering operation unless, within 12 months before the operation, the holder has:

(a) completed 20 hours of aerial mustering operations; or

(b) been assessed as competent to conduct aerial mustering operations by a flight instructor who holds a low-level training endorsement; or

(c) successfully completed an operator proficiency check in low-level operations covering aerial mustering operations; or

(d) successfully completed a low-level flight review covering aerial mustering operations.