Part 1Preliminary and Definitions

Part 1 Preliminary and Definitions

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX73/24 – Flight Operations Regulations – SMS, HFP&NTS and T&C Systems – Supplementary Exemptions and Directions Instrument 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 2 December 2024; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.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.

aerial work operation has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.

aerial work operator has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.

Note An aerial work operator is the holder of an aerial work certificate.

Australian air transport operator has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.

CAO is short for Civil Aviation Order and has the same meaning as in subregulation 2(1) of CAR.

CAR means the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

CASA EX87/21 means CASA EX87/21 – Flight Operations Regulations – SMS, HFP&NTS and T&C Systems – Supplementary Exemptions and Directions Instrument 2021.

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 Civil Aviation Act 1988.

commencement date means 2 December 2021.

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.

FDAP is short for flight data analysis program.

HFP&NTS program means an Australian air transport operator’s program for training and assessing operational safety-critical personnel in human factors principles and non‑technical skills.