CASA EX135/15 Exemption — from CAO 100.7 requirement for aircraft to be weighed on scales calibrated by an accredited laboratory (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX135/15

I, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

31 July 2015

Exemption — from CAO 100.7 requirement for aircraft to be weighed on scales calibrated by an accredited laboratory

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of June 2017, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Definition

                 In this instrument:

WCO or weight control officer has the same meaning as that given in section 2 of Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Instrument 2015 (CAO 100.7).

3          Application

                 This instrument applies to:

(a)   aircraft to which CAO 100.7 applies (CAO 100.7 aircraft); and

(b)   a WCO, or person referred to in subsection 4.1A of CAO 100.7, who has responsibility for the weighing of CAO 100.7 aircraft (the responsible person).

4          Exemption

                 CAO 100.7 aircraft and the responsible person are exempt from compliance with paragraph 4.3 of CAO 100.7.

Note   Paragraph 4.3 of CAO 100.7 requires that each scale used to weigh CAO 100.7 aircraft must have been calibrated either by the manufacturer or by a laboratory that is accredited with the National Association of Testing Authorities (Australia) (NATA) or a similar national accreditation body that is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) within a period of 1 year before the weighing of any CAO 100.7 aircraft.

5          Conditions

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

Schedule 1          Conditions

              The responsible person taking advantage of this instrument must weigh CAO 100.7 aircraft using scales that, within a period of 1 year before the weighing of the CAO 100.7 aircraft, have been calibrated by:

(a)   the manufacturer of the scales; or

(b)   an organisation that uses standards and equipment for which a NATA or ILAC certificate of calibration (however described) is in force; or

(c)   an organisation that holds, for its standards and equipment, a certificate of verification issued under regulation 13 of the National Measurement Regulations 1999; or

(d)   an organisation that is approved by the National Measurements Institute for the purpose of calibrating weighing equipment.