CASA EX170/15 Exemption — carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Toll Aviation) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX170/15

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.

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

12 November 2015

Exemption — carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Toll Aviation)

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 4 February 2016; and

(b)   expires at the end of January 2017, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Application

                 This instrument applies to the aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 operated by Toll Aviation Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 516491.

3          Exemption

                 A person using an aircraft mentioned in section 2 at Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth aerodrome is exempt from compliance with paragraph 9E.4 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 in relation to the requirement to carry a serviceable Mode S transponder.

Note   This instrument does not grant an exemption in relation to the requirement in paragraph 9B.11 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18. That paragraph prevents aircraft that do not carry serviceable ADS-B transmitting equipment from operating under the I.F.R. in airspace that is within the arc of a circle that starts 500 NM true north from Perth aerodrome and finishes 500 NM true east from Perth aerodrome.

Schedule 1          Aircraft

                 An aircraft of an aircraft type mentioned in column 1 with the registration mark in column 2 of an item in the following table:

Item	Column 1 Aircraft type	Column 2 Registration mark
1	SA227 Metro 23	VH-HPE
2	SA227 Metro III	VH-UUO
3	SA227 Metro III	VH-UZG
4	SA227 Metro III	VH-UZI
5	SA227 Metro 23	VH-UZN
6	SA227 Metro III	VH-UZP
7	SA227 Metro III	VH-UZS
8	SA227 Metro III	VH-UZW