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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 95.12 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Gyroplanes Not Exceeding 250 kg) Instrument 2024

1 Name
       1.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.12 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Gyroplanes Not Exceeding 250 kg) Instrument 2024.
       1.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.12.
 1.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to section 95.12 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        This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.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 a single-place gyroplane with an empty weight not exceeding 250 kg that is:
(a) employed in private operations; and
(b) listed with a sport aviation body;
(referred to in this Order as a relevant aircraft).
Note   See definition of listed in subsection 5.

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: aircraft flight manual instructions, ASAO, employed in private operations, flying training, gyroplane, pilot certificate, private operation, registered, sport aviation body, VFR, VMC and VMC criteria.
        In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
aerial mustering means the use of a relevant aircraft to locate, direct and concentrate livestock.
ASRA Basic Gyroplane Construction Standards means the document of that name, prepared by The Australian Sport Rotorcraft Association Incorporated, as existing from time to time.
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.
empty weight, in relation to a relevant aircraft, means the weight of the aircraft including all items of fixed equipment, unusable fuel and undrainable oil, but excluding all other items of disposable load.
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