Instrument number CASA EX47/24

I, STEVEN JAMES CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160, 11.205 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed S. Campbell]

Steven Campbell
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards

7 August 2024

CASA EX47/24 – Amendment of CASA EX86/21 – Instrument 2024 (No. 1)

1 Name

  This instrument is CASA EX47/24 – Amendment of CASA EX86/21 – Instrument 2024 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Amendment of instrument CASA EX86/21

  Schedule 1 amends CASA EX86/21 – Part 138 and Part 91 of CASR – Supplementary Exemptions and Directions Instrument 2021.

Schedule 1 Amendment

[1] After section 9B

insert

9C Flight crew licences, medical certificates, etc. — exemptions and conditions

 (1) In this section:

operator means an aerial work operator, whether operating a registered aircraft or a foreign registered aircraft.

 (2) The operator is exempted from the requirements of regulation 138.180 of CASR.

 (3) The exemption under this section is subject to the conditions mentioned in subsections (4), (5) and (6).

 (4) For each flight crew member (FCM) operating a registered aircraft, the operator must maintain an up-to-date record showing the currency of each of the following required under the civil aviation legislation for the FCM to operate the aircraft:

(a) the FCM’s medical certificate;

(b) the FCM’s flight crew licence;

(c) the FCM’s flight crew ratings;

(d) the FCM’s flight crew endorsements.

Note   A reference to a flight crew licence includes a certificate of validation of an overseas flight crew licence. A reference to a medical certificate includes an overseas medical certificate of the holder of such a certificate of validation.

 (5) For each FCM operating a foreign registered aircraft, the operator must maintain an up-to-date record showing the currency of each of the following, as applicable, that is required under the civil aviation legislation for the FCM to operate the aircraft:

(a) the FCM’s overseas medical certificate;

(b) the FCM’s overseas flight crew licence;

(c) the FCM’s overseas flight crew ratings;

(d) the FCM’s overseas endorsements;

(e) the FCM’s certificate of validation and related overseas medical certificate.

 (6) The operator must keep each FCM record mentioned in subsections (4) and (5), as applicable, for the period during which the FCM exercises the privileges of their flight crew licence for the operator.

Note   The expressions foreign registered aircraft and civil aviation legislation are each defined in section 3 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988. Various other expressions used in this section are defined in Part 1, and in item 36 in Part 2, of the CASR Dictionary.