Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:1:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 3/7)
Character Range: 2244580–2247223

information.
 (5) If in a particular case CASA or the authority to which the information is given reasonably requires extra information about the operation, launching or release, CASA or the authority may ask the person for the extra information.
 (6) If CASA or an authority asks for more information under subregulation (5), the person is not taken to have complied with the requirement mentioned in subregulation (1) to give the information until the person gives to CASA or the authority the extra information.
 (7) If a day is not a working day for the office of CASA or an authority to which notice of an event is given or an application made, that day does not count for the purpose of working out how many working days' notice of the event has been given, or how many working days before an event the application has been made.
 (8) In subregulation (7):
working day, in relation to an office of CASA or an authority, means a day on which that office is open for business.
Subpart 101.AB—Authorisations for sections 20AA and 20AB of the Act

101.046  Flying without a certificate of airworthiness
  For the purposes of paragraph 20AA(3)(b) of the Act, a flight of an RPA (other than a large RPA) is authorised without a certificate of airworthiness.
Note: For requirements in relation to large RPA, see regulation 101.255.

101.047  Performance of duties during flight time—balloons, kites and model aircraft
 (1) This regulation applies to an Australian aircraft that is an unmanned aircraft if it is:
 (a) a balloon; or
 (b) a kite; or
 (c) a model aircraft.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 20AB(1)(b) of the Act, a person performing a duty that is essential to the operation of the aircraft during flight time is authorised to do so without a civil aviation authorisation mentioned in paragraph 20AB(1)(a) of the Act.

101.048  Performance of duties during flight time—remotely piloted aircraft
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 20AB(1)(b) of the Act, a person performing a duty that is essential to the operation of an RPA during flight time is authorised to do so without a civil aviation authorisation mentioned in paragraph 20AB(1)(a) of the Act.

Operating excluded RPA and micro RPA
 (2) Subregulation (1) applies to a person operating an RPA only if:
 (a) the RPA is an excluded RPA or a micro RPA; and
 (b) the operation is of a kind mentioned in subregulation 101.374B(4) (which covers supervised operation by a person under the age of 16).
Note: These Regulations allow a person to operate an RPA other than an excluded RPA or micro RPA only if the person holds a remote pilot licence. A person is allowed to operate