Part 5Miscellaneous Dropping Operations

## Part 5 Miscellaneous Dropping Operations 26 Application of Part This Part applies to an operator in an aerial work operation that is a miscellaneous dropping operation. 27 Definitions (1) In this Part: > CASA EX32/24 means CASA EX32/24 — Flight Crew Licensing and Other Matters (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Instrument 2024. > miscellaneous dropping operation means an operation that involves, or involves training for, dropping relevant articles from an aircraft in flight below 500 ft, but does not include any operation that involves spraying or broadcasting any substance. > pilot in command mean the person mentioned in paragraph 28(c). > relevant articles means any of the following: (a) incendiaries to initiate controlled burning; (b) baits for the capture or eradication of feral animals; (c) search and rescue equipment; (d) fodder for livestock; (e) items for disaster relief; (f) other articles of a nature, or articles dropped for a purpose, that is closely similar to the nature or purpose of the articles mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e). > Note A relevant article does not include any substance that may be sprayed or broadcast: see the definition of miscellaneous dropping operation. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, in this Part, other words and phrases have the same meaning as they have under Part 138 of CASR. 28 Exemptions The operator of an aircraft in a miscellaneous dropping operation that is an aerial work operation in the form of a dispensing operation below 500 ft under Part 138 of CASR (the operator) is exempted from compliance with the following provisions of CASR: (a) subregulation 138.475(1) — but only with respect to subparagraph 138.475(2)(c)(i); (b) subparagraph 138.500 (2A)(a)(i) — but only with respect to subparagraph 138.500(1)(a)(i); BUT: (c) only in relation to the operator’s pilot in command who is entitled to, and who takes, the benefit of the exemptions under Part 16 of CASA EX32/24; and (d) only to the extent of those exemptions as they apply to the pilot in command. 29 Conditions For a miscellaneous dropping operation, the operator must: (a) have procedures in their operations manual, as in force from time to time, for the particular kind of miscellaneous dropping operation conducted by the pilot in command; and (b) ensure that the pilot in command is compliant with the conditions imposed on the pilot in command under Part 16 of CASA EX32/24.