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the descent; and
 (c) other than for a display descent, must nominate a ground control assistant to conduct ground control for the descent.
Note: The display organiser of a parachuting display is responsible for nominating the ground control assistant who will conduct ground control for a parachute descent at the display: see section 5.46.
 (2) The drop zone safety officer's duties for the parachute descent include a requirement imposed on the drop zone safety officer under subsection 5.51(4).
Note: Subsection 5.51(4) sets out requirements about:
(a) sighting documents relating to parachute equipment satisfying airworthiness standards; and
(b) sighting documents confirming that a compatibility assessment of the main parachute and the parachute container has been conducted; and
(c) retaining copies of documents or making a record of the sighting.

Descents by tandem or student parachutists
 (3) The holder of a drop zone safety officer authorisation that permits the holder to directly supervise a descent undertaken by a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist must not exercise the privileges of the authorisation for such a descent unless:
 (a) the holder has been approved to do so by the chief parachuting instructor of the parachuting training organisation that is conducting the training; and
 (b) if the descent is undertaken by a tandem parachutist at a parachuting display:
 (i) the holder is the display organiser of the parachuting display; or
 (ii) the holder is nominated to act as the drop zone safety officer for the descent by the display organiser.

Descents involving the dropping of things not permitted by subsection 4.02(2)
 (4) Subsection (5) applies if:
 (a) the drop zone safety officer is supervising a parachute descent that would involve the dropping of a thing other than over a populous area; and
 (b) the dropping of the thing is not permitted by subsection 4.02(2) (about wind drift indicators).
 (5) The drop zone safety officer's duties for the parachute descent include the matters mentioned in subparagraphs 4.03(2)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii).
Note: Subparagraphs 4.03(2)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) set out requirements about:
(a) establishing a drop zone which would have dimensions that would present no risk of the thing landing outside the drop zone; and
(b) clearing the drop zone of livestock and persons not involved with the descent; and
(c) obtaining the permission of the owner or occupier of the land on which the drop zone is located.

Descents over or near a body of water
 (6) If the drop zone safety officer is supervising a parachute descent undertaken over or near a body of water, the drop zone safety officer's duties include the matters mentioned in subsections 5.36(2) and (3).

5.29  Loadmaster responsibilities

General
 (1) A person who is nominated as the loadmaster for a parachute