1CASA EX87/25 — Obtaining Experience (Grant of RePL for Medium RPA and RePL Upgrade to Different Category of Small or Medium RPA) Exemption 2025

Instrument number CASA EX87/25

I, Daniel bernard o’hagan, Section Manager Drafting, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed D.B. O’Hagan]

Danny O’Hagan
Section Manager Drafting
Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division

25 September 2025

CASA EX87/25 — Obtaining Experience (Grant of RePL for Medium RPA and RePL Upgrade to Different Category of Small or Medium RPA) Exemption 2025

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX87/25 — Obtaining Experience (Grant of RePL for Medium RPA and RePL Upgrade to Different Category of Small or Medium RPA) Exemption 2025.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 October 2025; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 30 September 2028.

3 Interpretation

Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988, the regulations and the Part 101 Manual of Standards.

(1) In this instrument:

ReOC means a certificate as an RPA operator under Division 101.F.4 of CASR.

RePL holder means a person who holds a remote pilot licence.

(2) In this instrument, mention of a provision with the prefix “101.” is a reference to that provision as contained in Part 101 of CASR.

4 Exemption 1 — obtaining experience for medium RPA RePL upgrade

A RePL holder for a category of small RPA who operates the same category of medium RPA is exempted from compliance with the requirements of subregulation 101.252(2), but only to the extent that the holder would otherwise commit an offence because the medium RPA is not an excluded RPA.

5 Condition for exemption 1

The exemption in section 4 is subject to the condition that the RePL holder may operate the medium RPA but only if all of the following requirements are met, namely, that the operation is:

(a) conducted under the standard RPA operating conditions mentioned in regulation 101.238;

(b) for the purpose of either or both of the following:

(i) meeting the experience requirement mentioned in paragraph 101.295(2)(c) for the grant of a RePL for the same category of medium RPA (a relevant RePL);

(ii) getting practical experience and gaining competency in the operation of the medium RPA for the grant of the relevant RePL;