CASA EX99/16 Exemption — design of modification or repair for an aircraft that is to be operated under a special flight permit (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX99/16

I, ROGER JON WEEKS, Acting Executive Manager, Standards Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed Roger Weeks]

Roger J. Weeks
Acting Executive Manager
Standards Division

28 June 2016

Exemption — design of modification or repair for an aircraft that is to be operated under a special flight permit

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on 1 July 2016; and

(b)   is repealed at the end of 30 June 2017.

2          Application

                 This exemption applies to approval of the design, and the technical data for the design, of temporary modifications or repairs that do not fully meet the applicable airworthiness standards for the design under subregulation 21.009 (2), and regulation 21.437, of CASR 1998.

3          Exemption

An authorised person, or approved design organisation, is exempt from the requirements of subregulation 21.009 (2), and regulation 21.437, of CASR 1998 to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.

4          Conditions

                 The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Extent of exemption

               The exemption extends only:

(a)   to the requirement that an authorised person, or approved design organisation, be satisfied that a design conforms with the applicable airworthiness standards for the design; and

(b) to an aircraft that is to be operated under a special flight permit associated with the design for a purpose referred to in regulation 21.197 of CASR 1998.

Schedule 2          Conditions

        1     An authorised person, or approved design organisation, must take into account any relevant consideration, including all hazards and risks, relating to the safe operation of the intended flight before approving the design of temporary modifications.

        2     An authorised person, or approved design organisation, may impose limitations or conditions on the approval or require that a specified thing be done to ensure the safety of air navigation.