Part Part 1 - CASA EX69/24 – Part 121 and Part 91 of CASR – Supplementary Exemptions and Directions Instrument 2024 - Preliminary, Definitions and Application

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Part 1 Preliminary, Definitions and Application

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX69/24 – Part 121 and Part 91 of CASR – Supplementary Exemptions and Directions Instrument 2024.

1A Commencement

This instrument commences on 2 December 2024.

2 Repeal

This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.

3 Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

aerial work (air ambulance) operation has the same meaning as in regulation 202.405 of CASR.

Australian air transport operator has the meaning given by subregulation 119.015(2) of CASR.

CAO is short for Civil Aviation Order.

CAR means the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

CASR means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

charter operation has the same meaning as in paragraph 2(7)(b) of CAR, as in force immediately before 2 December 2021.

civil aviation legislation has the meaning given by section 3 of the Act.

early applicant, for a particular AOC or AOC variation, means a person:

(a) who at least 90 days before the commencement date — applied for the AOC or AOC variation under the civil aviation legislation in force on the date of the application; but

(b) whose application was still under consideration by CASA on the commencement date.

national aviation authority has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.

non-scheduled air transport operation has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.

operations manual means an operator’s operations manual that complies with the requirements of regulation 215 of CAR, as in force immediately before 2 December 2021.

operator pairing procedures or requirements means procedures or requirements that an operator has in force to ensure that, when the flight crew for any specific flight includes at least 2 pilots, at least 1 of the pilots:

(a) must have completed the operator’s requirements for, and been approved by the operator to conduct, unsupervised line flying; and

(b) following that approval, must have completed a consolidation period (however described or required by the operator).