CASA Ex59/05 Exemption – carriage of life rafts (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX59/05

I, BRUCE ROBERT GEMMELL, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed B. Gemmell]

Bruce Gemmell

Deputy Chief Executive and
   Chief Operating Officer

9 January 2006

Exemption — carriage of life rafts

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of December 2007.

2          Application

             This instrument applies to the Boeing 717 aircraft operated by National Jet Systems Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 436109 (the aircraft) in operations involving flights over water.

3          Exemption

(1) The aircraft are exempt from compliance with directions under subregulation 252 (1) of CAR 1988 to the extent mentioned in subsection (2).

   (2)     The exemption applies only to the requirement to comply with paragraph 5.2.1 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 in relation to the carriage of life rafts.

4          Condition

            The direction is subject to the condition that the aircraft must be within the lesser of 120 minutes at normal cruising speed, or 400 nautical miles, from land suitable for an emergency landing.