CASA EX126/18 — Fuel Requirements Exemption 2018 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX126/18

I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed S. Carmody]

Shane Carmody
Director of Aviation Safety

18 September 2018

CASA EX126/18 — Fuel Requirements Exemption 2018

1          Name

                 This instrument is CASA EX126/18 — Fuel Requirements Exemption 2018.

2          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 8 November 2018; and

(b)   is repealed at the end of 28 February 2019.

3          Application

        (1)     This instrument applies to a person (an affected operator) that, immediately before 8 November 2018, held an AOC or a Part 141 certificate.

        (2)     This instrument also applies to the pilot in command of an aircraft in an operation authorised by an AOC or a Part 141 certificate held by an affected operator.

4          Exemption — CAR

        (1)     The affected operator and the pilot in command are exempt from compliance with regulations 234 and 234A of CAR.

        (2)     The exemption in subsection (1) is subject to the condition that the affected operator and the pilot in command must comply with the following provisions, as in force on 7 November 2018:

(a)   regulation 234 of CAR;

(b)   subparagraph 3A.1 (h) of Civil Aviation Order 82.0 (CAO 82.0).

Note   When assessing compliance with regulation 234 of CAR as in force on 7 November 2018, a court is expected to take into account Civil Aviation Advisory Publications CAAP 215‑1(2) and CAAP 234‑1(1), as existing on 7 November 2018.

5          Exemption — Civil Aviation Order 82.0

        (1)     The affected operator is exempt from compliance with subparagraph 3A.1 (g) of CAO 82.0.

        (2)     The exemption in subsection (1) is subject to the condition that the affected operator must comply with subparagraph 3A.1 (g) of CAO 82.0 using the definition of minimum safe fuel in paragraphs 2.3, 2.4 and 2.4.1 of CAO 82.0, as in force on 7 November 2018.