CASA EX73/11 – Exemption – from requirement to register an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX73/11

I, gregory james hood, Executive Manager, Operations Division, as a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
Operations Division

25 July 2011

Exemption — from requirement to register an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 August 2011; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of July 2014.

2          Definitions

                 In this instrument:

approved ELT, approved portable ELT and high-capacity have the same meanings as in subregulation 252A (7) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

3          Application

This instrument applies to the operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity regular public transport aircraft or a high-capacity charter aircraft (high-capacity aircraft).

4          Exemption

         The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft are exempt from compliance with regulation 252 of CAR 1988 in relation to paragraph 6.6 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 (CAO 20.11).

5          Conditions

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

Schedule 1          Conditions

        1     The aircraft must be on a flight associated with its manufacture, preparation for delivery or delivery to its operator.

        2     No fare-paying passengers must be carried on the flight.

        3     The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft must ensure that it carries an approved ELT and an approved portable ELT, or at least 2 approved portable ELTs, in accordance with subsection 6 of CAO 20.11.

        4     An ELT, or portable ELT, carried under clause 3 must be in working order.