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I, STEVEN JAMES CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and subregulations 5(1) and (1A) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed S. Campbell]
Steven Campbell
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards

28 November 2024
Civil Aviation Order 95.55 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Certain Light Sport Aircraft, Lightweight Aeroplanes and Ultralight Aeroplanes) Instrument 2024

1 Name
 1.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.55 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Certain Light Sport Aircraft, Lightweight Aeroplanes and Ultralight Aeroplanes) Instrument 2024.
 1.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.55.
 1.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to section 95.55 of the Civil Aviation Orders is taken to be a reference to this instrument.

2 Commencement
        This instrument commences on 2 December 2024.

3 Repeal
        This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.

4 Application — relevant aeroplanes
       4.1 This Order applies to the following aeroplanes if they are listed with a sport aviation body:
(a) light sport aircraft (experimental);
(b) light sport aircraft (production);
(c) lightweight aeroplanes;
(d) ultralight aeroplanes;
(referred to in this Order as relevant aeroplanes).
Note   See definition of listed in paragraph 5.1.
       4.2 This Order does not apply to an aircraft to which Civil Aviation Order 95.10 or Civil Aviation Order 95.32 applies.

5 Interpretation
Note   In this Order, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Act and the regulations. These include: aircraft flight manual instructions, amateur-built aircraft, ASAO, certificate of airworthiness, exposition, light sport aircraft, maximum take-off weight, modification/repair design approval, pilot certificate, restricted area, sport aviation body, special certificate of airworthiness, type certificated, VFR, VMC and VMC criteria.
       5.1 In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
automatic ELT has the meaning given by section 26.50 of the Part 91 MOS.
CAO 20.18 means Civil Aviation Order 20.18, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Flight Operations—Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.
close relative, of a person, means the spouse or a parent, child or sibling of the person.
competent issuing authority, in relation to a certificate, approval or other document for an aeroplane, means the NAA of a Contracting State or any other body that CASA has accepted in writing as competent to issue such documents for such aeroplanes.
flying instructor authorisation, in relation to a relevant aeroplane, means an authorisation, however described, that:
(a) is issued to a person (the holder)