Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00077:reg:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00077
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 603–3435

3                     Replacement of section 40.2.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders

       Section 40.2.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Substitution of section 40.2.2 of the Civil Aviation Orders

Section 40.2.2

Balloon grade of night V.F.R. rating

1 Application

       1.1For the purposes of subregulation 5.14 (1):

(a) the flight tests that must be passed; and
(b) the other requirements that must be satisfied;

       for the issue of a balloon grade of night V.F.R rating are set out in subsections 5 and 6 and paragraph 7.2.

2 Interpretation

       2.2A reference in this section to a regulation or subregulation identified by a numerical code (for example, 5.18 or 5.14 (1)) is a reference to the regulation or subregulation in the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 identified by that code.

4 Duration

       4.1For the purposes of subregulation 5.17 (3), a night V.F.R. rating remains in force until the holder of the rating no longer holds a flight crew licence.

5 Aeronautical knowledge

       5.1Before undertaking a flight test required by subsection 7, an applicant for a balloon grade of night V.F.R. rating must pass an examination conducted or set by CASA or an approved pilot.

       5.2A person must not attempt an examination mentioned in paragraph 5.1 unless the person satisfies the requirements of subsection 6.

6 Aeronautical experience — night V.F.R. rating

       6.4An applicant for a balloon grade of night V.F.R. rating must:

(a) hold a commercial pilot (balloon) licence; and
(b) satisfy the requirements set out in subsection 1A of Appendix I.

7 Aeronautical skill

       7.2An applicant for a balloon grade of night V.F.R. rating must pass the flight test set out in subsection 2A of Appendix I.

8 Authority given by rating

       8.2For the purposes of regulation 5.18:

(a) the authority given by a balloon grade of night V.F.R. rating; and
(b) the limitations on that authority; and
(c) the flight tests that must be passed and other requirements that must be satisfied before that authority may be exercised;

       are set out in subsection 9, and in subsections 3 and 6 of Appendix I.

9 Recent experience requirements

       9.1The holder of a night V.F.R. rating must not exercise the authority given by the rating unless he or she satisfies the requirements set out in subsection 5 of Appendix I.
Appendix I

Night V.F.R. rating

1A Aeronautical experience — balloons

      1A.1 For the purposes of subparagraph 6.4 (b), the aeronautical experience must include:

(a) at least 3 hours flight time as a pilot of a balloon that was flown at night; and
(b) satisfactory completion of a course of training in accordance with paragraph 1A.2.

      1A.2 For the purposes of subparagraph 1A.1