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Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (Aircraft equipment — basic operational requirements) Instrument 2014 (as amended)

made under regulations 207 and 232A of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and subsection 33 (3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

This compilation was prepared on 15 June 2020 taking into account amendments up to Civil Aviation Order 20.18 Amendment Instrument 2020 (No. 1). It is a compilation of the Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (Aircraft equipment — basic operational requirements) Instrument 2014 as amended and in force on 11 June 2020.
Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 5.

1A Name of instrument
       1A.1This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (Aircraft equipment — basic operational requirements) Instrument 2014.
       1A.2This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 20.18.
       1A.3A reference in an instrument to section 20.18 of the Civil Aviation Orders is taken to be a reference to this instrument.

1 Application
       This Order applies to all Australian registered aircraft.
Note   Particular attention is drawn to the fact that this Order does not include requirements for oxygen equipment, radio apparatus or emergency equipment which are specified in Civil Aviation Orders 20.4 and 20.11, respectively.

2 Definitions
       2.1In this Order, unless a contrary intention appears:
aerial work includes flight training conducted by a Part 141 operator or a Part 142 operator.
CAR 1988 means the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
CASR 1998 means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
minimum equipment list means a list that provides for the operation of aircraft with permissible unserviceabilities, subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as CASA directs under subregulation 37 (2) of CAR 1988.
permissible unserviceability means any defect or damage that CASA has approved under subregulation 37 (1) of CAR 1988 as a permissible unserviceability.
TAWS-B+ system means a terrain awareness and warning system that is equipped with a visual display and complies with the requirements for Class B equipment expressed in (E)TSO-C151, (E)TSO-C151a or (E)TSO-C151b.
       2.2In this Order, a reference to an (E)TSO, a TSO or an ETSO, as defined in subsections 9B and 9D, with an empty bracket at the end of the reference, includes the (E)TSO, TSO or ETSO in a version that contains a number within the bracket.

3 Instrumentation for flight under the Visual Flight Rules (the V.F.R.)

RPT aeroplanes and large charter aeroplanes
       3.1An aeroplane engaged in:
(a) a regular public transport (RPT) operation; or
(b) a charter operation that has maximum take-off weight exceeding 5 700 kg — a charter operation;
       may only be operated under the V.F.R. if it is equipped with the following:
(c) the instruments specified in Appendix II;
(d) any other instruments