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CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This instrument exempts operators of certain unmanned free balloons from the CASR rule requiring balloons to remain within visual line of sight, permitting beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights when balloons are too high or distant to be seen.

It applies to operators of small balloons released under CASR 101.155 and to light balloons released outside approved areas under CASR 101.160 — enabling routine scientific and meteorological high-altitude operations that cannot be kept in sight.

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CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020

Instrument number CASA EX85/20

I, ANTHONY ALFRED STANTON, Branch Manager, General, Recreational and Sport Aviation, Stakeholder Engagement Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed A.A. Stanton]

Anthony A. Stanton
Branch Manager, General, Recreational & Sport Aviation
Stakeholder Engagement Division

26 May 2020

CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 June 2020; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 May 2021.

3 Definitions

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: light balloon, small balloon and unmanned free balloon.

In this instrument:

approved area has the meaning given by regulation 101.150 of CASR.

4 Application

This instrument applies to the operator of an unmanned free balloon that is:

(a) a small balloon released in accordance with regulation 101.155 of CASR; and

(b) a light balloon that is released outside an approved area in accordance with regulation 101.160 of CASR.

5 Exemption

The operator is exempt from compliance with regulation 101.073 of CASR.

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1 CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020

Instrument number CASA EX85/20

[Signed A.A. Stanton]

Anthony A. Stanton
Branch Manager, General, Recreational & Sport Aviation
Stakeholder Engagement Division

26 May 2020

CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX85/20 — Small and Light Unmanned Free Balloons (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) Exemption 2020.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 June 2020; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 May 2021.

3 Definitions

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: light balloon, small balloon and unmanned free balloon.

In this instrument:

approved area has the meaning given by regulation 101.150 of CASR.

4 Application

This instrument applies to the operator of an unmanned free balloon that is:

(a) a small balloon released in accordance with regulation 101.155 of CASR; and

(b) a light balloon that is released outside an approved area in accordance with regulation 101.160 of CASR.

5 Exemption

The operator is exempt from compliance with regulation 101.073 of CASR.