Civil Aviation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1998No. 31 1

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Civil Aviation Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

Dated 4 March 1998.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

MARK VAILE

Minister for Transport and Regional Development

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on gazettal.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Civil Aviation Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 178 (Minimum height for flight under I.F.R.)

3.1   Paragraph 178 (5) (b):

Omit “during:”, substitute “subject to paragraph (ba), during:”.

3.2   After paragraph 178 (5) (b), insert:

• “(ba)

  during specialised helicopter operations involving:

  • (i)

    an instrument departure procedure; or

  • (ii)

    an instrument approach procedure;

 that is determined by CASA and the document setting out the procedure has been served on the aircraft’s operator; or”.

3.3   Add at the end:

 “(7) In paragraph (5) (ba):

‘specialised helicopter operations’ means helicopter operations that involve the carriage of persons or cargo:

• (a)

  between:

  • (i)

    the coast of Australia and an installation erected on the continental shelf of Australia to extract, or explore for, petroleum or natural gas; or

  • (ii)

    2 such installations; or

• (b)

  to or from the helipad of a hospital, or of a State or Territory service (however described) established to provide assistance in emergencies.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 March 1998.

2. Statutory Rules 1988 No. 158 as amended by 1988 Nos. 209, 373 and 376; 1989 Nos. 31 and 276; 1990 Nos. 100, 215, 216, 258, 260, 289, 310, 331, 332 and 466; Act No. 25, 1990; Statutory Rules 1991 Nos. 54, 147, 157, 247, 287, 382, 409, 410, 426 and 487 (as amended by 1992 No. 174); 1992 Nos. 36, 174, 254, 258, 279, 325, 342, 380, 417 and 418; 1993 Nos. 221, 268, 319 and 368; 1994 Nos. 93, 173, 187, 188, 260, 294, 382 and 396; 1995 Nos. 122, 147, 148 and 224; 1996 No. 88; 1997 Nos. 23, 67, 111, 139 and 220.