Instrument number CASA EX51/23

I, CHRISTOPHER PAUL MONAHAN, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Christopher P. Monahan]

Christopher P. Monahan
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards

27 April 2023

CASA EX51/23 — Amendment of CASA EX66/21 (Low-level Rating) Instrument 2023

1 Name

  This instrument is CASA EX51/23 — Amendment of CASA EX66/21 (Low‑level Rating) Instrument 2023.

2 Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 May 2023.

3 Amendment of instrument CASA EX66/21

  Schedule 1 amends CASA EX66/21 — Flight Crew Licensing (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Exemption 2021.

Schedule 1 Amendments

[1] Subsection 3(1)

insert

aerial mustering endorsement means:

(a) an aerial mustering – aeroplane endorsement mentioned in item 5 of Table 61.1075 of CASR; and

(b) an aerial mustering – helicopter endorsement mentioned in item 6 of Table 61.1075 of CASR; and

(c) an aerial mustering – gyroplane endorsement mentioned in item 7 of Table 61.1075 of CASR.

low-level rating has the same meaning as in Part 61 of CASR.

[2] After Part 14

insert

Part 15 — Low-level Rating Exemption and Conditions

68 Application of Part

  This Part applies to a holder of a pilot licence with a low-level rating.

69 Exemption

 (1) The holder is exempt from compliance with the requirements of the following provisions of CASR:

(a) regulation 61.1040, to the extent that it requires compliance with regulations 61.1055 and 61.1060;

(b) regulation 61.1055;

(c) regulation 61.1060.

 (2) The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in sections 70 and 71.

70 Condition — Flight review requirement for all rating holders

  The holder must not exercise the privileges of the low-level rating unless, within 24 months before exercising the privileges, the holder:

(a) has successfully completed a flight review for the rating; or

(b) has passed a flight test for the rating; or

(c) has passed a flight test for the grant of a low-level endorsement (as long as it is more than 6 months after passing the flight test for the rating); or

(d) has successfully completed an aerial application proficiency check under regulation 61.1110 of CASR; or

(e) has successfully completed an operator proficiency check that covers:

 (i) operations under the rating; or

 (ii) operations under the aerial application rating; or

(f) is successfully participating in an operator’s training and checking system for an operation under the rating, being a system for which the operator holds an appropriate approval under regulation 61.040 of CASR.

71 Condition — Recency requirement for aerial mustering only

  If the low-level rating has an aerial mustering endorsement, the holder must not engage in an aerial mustering operation unless, within 12 months before the operation, the holder has:

(a) completed 20 hours of aerial mustering operations; or

(b) been assessed as competent to conduct aerial mustering operations by a flight instructor who holds a low-level training endorsement; or

(c) successfully completed an operator proficiency check in low-level operations covering aerial mustering operations; or

(d) successfully completed a low-level flight review covering aerial mustering operations.