Instrument number CASA EX130/12
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
9 August 2012
Exemption — class A aircraft used in private operations
1 Duration
This instrument:
(a) commences on the day after registration; and
(b) stops having effect at the end of July 2015.
2 Application
This instrument applies to the operator, and the maintenance, of a class A aircraft that is used in private operations.
3 Exemption
All class A aircraft and the operator of a class A aircraft are exempt from complying with regulations 42ZV and 42ZY of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 when the aircraft is engaged in private operations.
4 Conditions
The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Conditions
1 All maintenance on a class A aircraft engaged in private operations must be:
(a) carried out by a maintenance organisation which holds a certificate of approval to carry out maintenance on aircraft of that type; or
(b) if the aircraft is in a Contracting State, carried out by a person who would be permitted under the law of the Contracting State to carry out the maintenance if the aircraft were registered in the Contracting State.
2 The aircraft’s system of maintenance must specify the name of the individual who is responsible for the following:
(a) the arrangements for the control of maintenance of the aircraft;
(b) the arrangements under which the aircraft’s approved maintenance program is to be met;
(c) the arrangements to ensure compliance with the weight and balance requirements for the aircraft;
(d) determining the period, or period of time-in-service, for which a maintenance release for the aircraft is to remain in force;
(e) the control of all maintenance carried out on the aircraft, either scheduled or unscheduled;
(f) the investigation of all defects in the aircraft that come to the attention of the aircraft’s maintenance organisation.