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CASA EX90/15 - Exemption — recording time-in-service, Determination — non-application of part of CAO 100.5

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What this does: This instrument exempts Class A aircraft (and their owners, operators, and pilots) from the usual requirement to record "time-in-service" (flight hours or cycles used to determine when maintenance is due) under regulation 43B of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988. However, operators must still track this information to ensure the aircraft remains airworthy, and they must document their record-keeping method in their maintenance control manual. It also determines that specific maintenance record-keeping rules in CAO 100.5 (subparagraphs 6.5(d), (e), and (f)) do not apply to these aircraft.

Who it affects: Owners, operators, and pilots of Class A aircraft (typically lighter sport and recreational aircraft categories).

Why it matters: It provides regulatory flexibility by allowing alternative methods for recording flight hours, rather than strict compliance with standard recording requirements, while maintaining safety through conditions that ensure maintenance tracking continues.

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CASA EX90/15 - Exemption — recording time-in-service, Determination — non-application of part of CAO 100.5

Instrument number CASA EX90/15

I, Peter William Boyd, Executive Manager, Standards Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and paragraph 1.2 of Civil Aviation Order 100.5 (CAO 100.5).

[Signed P. Boyd]

Peter Boyd
Executive Manager
Standards Division

26 May 2015

Exemption — recording time-in-service

Determination — non-application of part of CAO 100.5

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 July 2015; and

(b) expires at the end of May 2018, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Application

This instrument applies to:

(a) Class A aircraft (the aircraft); and

(b) the owner, the operator and the pilot in command of a Class A aircraft (the relevant persons).

3 Exemption

Each aircraft and each relevant person is exempt from compliance with regulation 43B of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

4 Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

5 Determination

I determine that subparagraphs 6.5 (d), (e) and (f) of CAO 100.5 do not apply to Class A aircraft.

Schedule 1 Conditions

1 The operator of the aircraft must ensure that the time-in-service information for the aircraft that is necessary to meet continuing airworthiness requirements is recorded and the record of that information is kept up-to-date.

2 The operator of the aircraft must include in the operator’s maintenance control manual prepared for regulation 42ZY of CAR 1988 details of the method of recording time-in-service information for clause 1.

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