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8 Acronym legend and guidance about likelihood of approvals

(1) Acronyms and abbreviations used in the Schedules mentioned in the Table have the meaning given to them in Schedule 1AA, Acronyms & RA Status Legend, under the heading Acronym Legend.

(2) The following other abbreviations used in the Schedules mentioned in the Table have the meanings given to them as follows:

AH means after hours.

D or Dly means daily.

H24 means continuously.

E means weekends (namely Saturday and Sunday).

EXC PH means excluding public holidays.

HDS means hours of daylight saving.

HJ means from sunrise to sunset.

HN means from sunset to sunrise.

JO means Monday to Friday, except Public Holidays.

JF means Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.

L means local time.

OT means other times.

W means Monday to Friday.

WS means Monday to Saturday.

Z means universal coordinated time.

(3) The information in Schedule 1AA, Acronyms & RA Status Legend, other than that under the heading Acronym Legend, is for guidance only.

(4) In particular, the references to the Restricted Areas Status Legend (RA Status Legend) provide, on the basis of usual safety considerations, a guideline only as to the likelihood of an aircraft being approved to fly in the airspace of a restricted area.

(5) Each decision of the relevant Controlling Authority to approve or not approve an aircraft to fly in the airspace of a declared restricted area inside Australian territory, or a directed notional restricted area outside Australian territory, is to be taken in accordance with the requirements and limitations (if any) imposed for the area under this instrument.

SCHEDULE 1AA – ACRONYMS & RA STATUS LEGEND

AIRSPACE NAME

Airspace is named according to the general commonly known geographic region, e.g. R237 WOOMERA.

Where a more specific name is required, that name will be placed after the regional name in brackets, e.g. R736 TOWNSVILLE (STAR), where “Star” is the name of a property in that region.

PRD CONTACT DETAILS

Refer ERSA for all PRD contact phone numbers.

ACRONYM LEGEND

ACFR Australian Centre for Field Robotics, Sydney University AD OPR Aerodrome Operator

AFHQ Air Force Headquarters

ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation AsA Airservices Australia

BCP Base Command Post

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SCHEDULE 1AA – ACRONYMS & RA STATUS LEGEND

SCHEDULE 1A – DECLARED PROHIBITED AREAS INSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY

SCHEDULE 1 – DECLARED RESTRICTED AREAS INSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY

SCHEDULE 2 – DECLARED DANGER AREAS INSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY

SCHEDULE 3 – DIRECTED NOTIONAL RESTRICTED AREAS WHOLLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIAN-ADMINISTERED AIRSPACE

SCHEDULE 4 – DIRECTED NOTIONAL DANGER AREAS WHOLLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIAN-ADMINISTERED AIRSPACE

SCHEDULE 5 – STRADDLE AREAS R – COMBINING DECLARED RESTRICTED AREAS INSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY, AND DIRECTED NOTIONAL RESTRICTED AREAS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIAN-ADMINISTERED AIRSPACE

SCHEDULE 6 – STRADDLE AREAS D – COMBINING DECLARED DANGER AREAS INSIDE AUSTRALIAN TRRITORY, AND DIRECTED NOTIONAL DANGER AREAS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY IN AUSTRALIAN-ADMINISTERED AIRSPACE