CASA EX171/16 Exemption — requirement to provide a VASIS (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX171/16

I, GRAEME MILLS CRAWFORD, Aviation Group Manager, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR).

[Signed G.M. Crawford]

Graeme M. Crawford
Aviation Group Manager

29 November 2016

Exemption — requirement to provide a VASIS

1          Duration

This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 December 2016; and

(b)   is repealed at the earlier of the following:

(i)  the end of 30 November 2019;

(ii)  the commencement of Parts 119, 121 and 135 of CASR.

2          Application

This instrument applies to the operator of a certified aerodrome (the operator) in relation to an end of a runway:

(a)   that is regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting charter operations; and

(b)   that is not regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting regular public transport (RPT) operations; and

(c)   for which, on 30 November 2016, an approved visual approach slope indicator system (VASIS) was not provided.

3          Exemption

The operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 139.190 (1) of CASR in relation to the end of the runway.

Note 1   Subregulation 139.190 (1) of CASR requires the operator of a certified aerodrome to, in accordance with the standards for VASIS set out in the Manual of Standards, provide an approved VASIS for the end of a runway at the aerodrome if that end is regularly used as the approach end for jet-propelled aircraft conducting RPT operations or charter operations.

Note 2   This exemption does not affect CASA’s power under CASR to issue a direction to an operator to which this exemption applies to provide an approved VASIS.