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Instrument number CASA EX45/24
I, STEVEN JAMES CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed S. Campbell]
Steven Campbell
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards
5 August 2024
CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024

1 Name
        This instrument is CASA EX45/24 — Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Over Populous Area Exemption 2024.

2 Duration
        This instrument:
       (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and
       (b) is repealed at the end of 31 July 2027.

3 Definitions
        In this instrument:
approved area has the meaning given by regulation 101.236 of CASR.
certificated RPA means a relevant RPA for which a certificate of airworthiness has been issued.
populous area has the meaning given by regulation 101.025 of CASR.
relevant person: see section 4.
relevant RPA means a very small RPA, small RPA, medium RPA or large RPA.

4 Application
        This instrument applies if:
       (a)              a person (the relevant person) holds an approval under regulation 101.029 of CASR, for the purposes of subregulation 101.245(5) of CASR, to operate a relevant RPA that is not a certificated RPA within 30 metres of a person who is not directly associated with the operation; and
       (b)              the approval is not suspended; and
       (c)              the relevant person complies with the conditions of the approval.

5 Exemptions — operating over a populous area
       (1) Subsection (2) applies if the relevant RPA is a very small RPA, small RPA or medium RPA.
       (2) If the relevant person operates the relevant RPA outside an approved area over a populous area, the relevant person is exempt from compliance with paragraph 101.250(1)(b) of CASR in relation to the operation.
       (3) If the relevant person operates the relevant RPA over a populous area, the relevant person is exempt from compliance with subregulation 101.280(2) of CASR in relation to the operation.