I, terence lindsay farquharson, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 90.020 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed T. Farquharson]

Terry Farquharson
Acting Director of Aviation Safety

12 October 2011

Manual of Standards Part 90 Amendment Instrument 2011 (No. 1)

1 Name of instrument

 This instrument is the Manual of Standards Part 90 Amendment Instrument 2011 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

 This instrument commences on the day after registration.

3 Amendment of Manual of Standards Part 90 Instrument 2010

 Manual of Standards Part 90 Instrument 2010 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Amendments

[1] Section 1

repeal

[2] Section 2

repeal

[3] Section 3

repeal

[4] Schedule 1, heading

omit

[5] Schedule 1

omit

Additional airworthiness standards

[6] Part 1, General

before

1 Definitions

insert

1A Name of instrument

 This instrument is the Part 90 Manual of Standards (MOS).

[7] Schedule 1, subsection 31.4

substitute

 31.4If the application for the type certificate for a transport category aeroplane was filed before 1 May 1972, for each Type II or larger passenger emergency exit with a locking mechanism released by rotary motion of a handle, the instructions for opening must be shown by:

(a) a red arrow with a shaft at least 19 mm wide and a head twice the width of the shaft, extending along at least 70 degrees of arc at a radius approximately equal to three quarters of the handle length; and

(b) the word OPEN in red capital letters at least 25 mm high on a contrasting background placed horizontally adjacent to the arrowhead to show the open position of the handle.