CASA EX12/14 – Exemption recent experience requirements for night V.F.R. agricultural ratings (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX12/14

I, Gerard john Campbell, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under paragraph 11.160 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell
Executive Manager
Operations Division

17 February 2014

Exemption — recent experience requirements for night V.F.R. agricultural ratings

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of 31 August 2014, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Repeal

                 CASA EX18/13 is repealed.

3          Application

                 This instrument applies to each holder (the holder) of a grade of night V.F.R. agricultural rating (a grade of rating).

4          Exemption

                 The holder is exempt from compliance with paragraph 9.2 of Civil Aviation Order 40.2.2 (the CAO) to the extent of the requirement in subsection 5 in Appendix II of the CAO.

5          Conditions

                 The exemption in section 4 is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1          Conditions

            The holder must not conduct a night V.F.R. agricultural operation in a category of aircraft unless, within the 45 days preceding the operation:

(a)   in an aircraft of the same category, for which the holder holds a grade of rating, the holder has conducted a night V.F.R. agricultural operation below 500 feet AGL that included both a take-off and a landing at night; or

(b)   in an unladen aircraft of the same type as the aircraft in which the operation is to be conducted, the holder has completed a flight that:

             (i)  commenced not later than 20 minutes before night; and

            (ii)  involved at least 1 hour of flight time; and

           (iii)  included manoeuvres at night below 500 feet AGL simulating those of a night V.F.R. agricultural operation below 500 feet AGL; and

           (iv)  included at least 3 take-offs and 3 landings at night.

Note   The requirements mentioned in paragraph 1 (b) must all be met in a single flight of at least 1 hour’s duration.