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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 95.8 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Hang Gliders and Paragliders) Instrument 2024

1 Name
       1.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.8 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Hang Gliders and Paragliders) Instrument 2024.
       1.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.8.
       1.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to section 95.8 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        This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.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
        This Order applies to the following aircraft that are employed in private operations:
(a) hang gliders;
(b) powered hang gliders;
(c) paragliders;
(d) powered paragliders;
(referred to in this Order as relevant aircraft).

5 Definitions
Note   In this Order, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Act and the regulations. These include: AIP, authorised person, CAR, CASR, employed in private operations, flying training, hang glider, NOTAM, paraglider, pilot certificate, powered hang glider, powered paraglider, restricted area, sport aviation body, 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.
flying instructor authorisation, in relation to a relevant aircraft, means an authorisation, however described, that:
(a) is issued to a person (the holder) by the relevant sport aviation body in accordance with its operations manual; and
(b) confers privileges on the holder to conduct flying training in the aircraft.
Military Control Zone means a control zone administered by a military authority and so designated in the AIP or by NOTAM.
operations manual, in relation to the relevant sport aviation body for a relevant aircraft, means the manual, approved from time to time by CASA, that contains the practices, procedures, instructions and other information by which the sport aviation body ensures the operational safety of the aircraft in accordance with the civil aviation legislation.
Order means Civil Aviation Order.
Part 91 MOS means the Part 91 Manual of Standards.
pilot authorisation, in relation to a person piloting an aircraft, means:
(a) a pilot certificate; and
(b) a rating or endorsement issued in accordance with the operations