Part 14PERMISSIBLE MODIFICATIONS TO REGISTERED RPA

CHAPTER 14 PERMISSIBLE MODIFICATIONS TO REGISTERED RPA

14.01 Modifications to registered RPA

(1) This section is for subregulation 101.099A (1) of CASR.

unmanned aircraft to which this section applies means an RPA that:

(a) is not a foreign registered RPA; and

(b) is required to be registered under Division 47.C.2 of CASR.

(3) If, after it has been registered, an unmanned aircraft to which this section applies is the subject of an unacceptable modification, the aircraft, as modified, must not be operated unless it is registered again in its modified form.

Note For the meaning of unacceptable modification, see subsection 1.04 (2).

(4) If an unmanned aircraft to which this section applies is:

(a) registered under Division 47.C.2 of CASR; and

(b) subsequently modified; and

(c) the modification is not an unacceptable modification;

then the aircraft’s registration:

(d) is taken to apply to the aircraft as modified; and

(e) ceases to apply to any other aircraft.

Note The effect of subsection (4) is that an aircraft registration only ever applies to a single version of the aircraft at any time.