CASA EX10/17 Exemption — alignment line at primary parking position (operators of certified aerodromes) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX10/17

I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY,Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 11.160 (1) and 11.205 (1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed A.H. Tiede]

Shane Carmody
Acting Director of Aviation Safety

1 February 2017

Exemption — alignment line at primary parking position (operators of certified aerodromes)

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)commences on the day of registration; and

(b)is repealed at the end of 30 November 2019.

2          Repeal

                 CASA 93/16 is repealed.

3          Application

                 This instrument applies to the operator of a certified aerodrome (the aerodrome operator).

4          Exemption

(1) The aerodrome operator is exempt from regulation 139.170 of CASR 1998 to the extent that the regulation require the marking of an alignment line at a primary parking position forward of a pilot stop line or a marshaller stop line in accordance with paragraph 8.5.18 of the Manual of Standards (MOS) – Part 139 Aerodromes.

        (2)     Where both a pilot stop line and a marshaller stop line are marked, subsection (1) applies in relation to whichever stop line is most forward.

        (3)     The exemption is subject to the conditions in section 5.

5          Conditions

        (1)     If the alignment line forward of a pilot stop line or marshaller stop line has not been provided at a primary parking position, the aerodrome operator must ensure that an aircraft using the parking position:

(a)   uses a Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS); or

(b)   if the VDGS is not operational or not installed — is marshalled into the parking position.

        (2)     The aerodrome operator must:

(a)   include details of this exemption in the operator’s aerodrome manual (the Manual); and

(b)   ensure that the provisions in the Manual relating to alignment lines reflect the terms of this exemption; and

(c)   ensure that operators of aircraft using the aerodrome are advised about the provisions in the Manual relating to alignment lines.