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CASA EX73/11 – Exemption – from requirement to register an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

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Instrument number CASA EX73/11
I, gregory james hood, Executive Manager, Operations Division, as a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed Greg Hood]
Greg Hood
Executive Manager
Operations Division
25 July 2011
Exemption — from requirement to register an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority
1          Duration
                 This instrument:
(a)   commences on 1 August 2011; and
(b)   stops having effect at the end of July 2014.
2          Definitions
                 In this instrument:
approved ELT, approved portable ELT and high-capacity have the same meanings as in subregulation 252A (7) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).
3          Application
This instrument applies to the operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity regular public transport aircraft or a high-capacity charter aircraft (high-capacity aircraft).
4          Exemption
         The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft are exempt from compliance with regulation 252 of CAR 1988 in relation to paragraph 6.6 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 (CAO 20.11).
5          Conditions
                 The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1          Conditions
        1     The aircraft must be on a flight associated with its manufacture, preparation for delivery or delivery to its operator.
        2     No fare-paying passengers must be carried on the flight.
        3     The operator and pilot in command of a high-capacity aircraft must ensure that it carries an approved ELT and an approved portable ELT, or at least 2 approved portable ELTs, in accordance with subsection 6 of CAO 20.11.
        4     An ELT, or portable ELT, carried under clause 3 must be in working order.