Civil Aviation Order 82.6 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1) (Cth)

I, GRAEME MILLS CRAWFORD, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under paragraph 28BA (1) (b) and subsection 98 (4A) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988, subregulations 5 (1A), 172 (2A) and (3), 207 (2), 215 (3) and 217 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, regulations 11.160 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed G.M. Crawford]

Graeme M. Crawford
Acting Director of Aviation Safety

19 February 2021

Civil Aviation Order 82.6 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1)

1          Name of instrument

This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 82.6 Amendment Instrument 2021 (No. 1).

2          Commencement

This instrument commences on the day it is registered.

3          Amendment of Civil Aviation Order 82.6

Schedule 1amends Civil Aviation Order 82.6 (Night vision imaging system — helicopters) 2007 (as amended).

Schedule 1          Amendment

Appendix 3, clause 10, Table 10.1, including the Note

repeal and substitute

Table 10.1 — In-flight cloud requirements for an NVIS flight

Item	NVIS helicopter and crew	Kind of NVIS flight	Minimum in-flight cloud requirement
1	NVFR capable	Under the VFR	No more than scattered cloud up to 2 000  ft AGL within 2 NM either side of track.
2	IFR capable	Under the VFR	No more than scattered cloud up to 1 000 ft AGL within 2 NM either side of track.
		Under the IFR below LSALT

Note   NVFR capable and IFR capable are defined in subsection 1, Definitions.