Instrument number CASA EX06/14
I, PETER WILLIAM BOYD, Executive Manager, Standards Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed P. Boyd]
Peter Boyd
Executive Manager
Standards Division
28 January 2014
Exemption — carriage of cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders
1 Duration
This instrument:
(a) commences on 1 February 2014; and
(b) expires at the end of 31 January 2015, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.
2 Application
This exemption applies to each Australian registered aircraft with a maximum take-off weight:
(a) in excess of 5 700 kg — which is:
(i) turbine powered; or
(ii) of a type first certificated in its country of manufacture on or after 1 July 1965; or
(b) less than or equal to 5 700 kg — which is:
(i) pressurised; and
(ii) turbine powered by more than 1 engine; and
(iii) of a type certificated in its country of manufacture for operation with more than 11 places; and
(iv) issued with an initial Australian certificate of airworthiness after 1 January 1988.
3 Exemption
An aircraft mentioned in section 2 is exempt from compliance with subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 in relation to the requirement to be equipped with:
(a) in the case of an aircraft referred to in paragraph 2 (a) — an approved flight data recorder system and an approved cockpit voice recorder system; or
(b) in the case of an aircraft referred to in paragraph 2 (b) — an approved cockpit voice recorder system;
in accordance with paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2 of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (CAO 20.18).
4 Conditions
The exemption is subject to the conditions in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Conditions
1 In the case of an aircraft referred to in paragraph 2 (a), the exemption only applies if the aircraft carries a flight data recorder system and cockpit voice recorder system that meet standards:
(a) at least equivalent to the applicable requirements referred to in subparagraph 6.2 (a) of CAO 20.18; and
(b) determined by the type certificating authority for the aircraft or acceptable to CASA.
2 In the case of an aircraft referred to in paragraph 2 (b), the exemption only applies if the aircraft carries a cockpit voice recorder system that meets standards:
(a) at least equivalent to the applicable requirements referred to in subparagraph 6.2 (a) of CAO 20.18; and
(b) determined by the type certificating authority for the aircraft or acceptable to CASA.
