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Instrument number CASA EX07/24
I, STEVEN JAMES CAMPBELL, Executive Manager National Operations and Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed S. Campbell]
Steven Campbell
Executive Manager National Operations and Standards
21 February 2024

CASA EX07/24 — Low‑level Operations (Air Displays and Aerobatic Manoeuvres) Exemption 2024

1 Name
        This instrument is CASA EX07/24 — Low‑level Operations (Air Displays and Aerobatic Manoeuvres) Exemption 2024.

2 Duration
        This instrument:
       (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and
       (b) is repealed at the end of 31 January 2027.

3 Definition
Note   In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: aerobatic manoeuvres, air display, Australian territory, pilot in command, populous area and public gathering.
        In this instrument:
low‑level operation has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.

4 Exemptions
       (1) The exemptions stated in subsection (3) apply to a pilot (the pilot) of an aircraft who:
       (a) does not hold any of the following:
 (i) a low‑level rating;
 (ii) an aerial application rating;
 (iii) an aerobatics (unlimited) flight activity endorsement; and
       (b) is conducting a low‑level operation:
           (i) at an air display in Australian territory approved by CASA under regulation 91.045 of CASR for the purposes of regulation 91.180 of CASR; or
           (ii) during a flight that is solely and demonstrably a practice flight in Australian territory for an actual, or anticipated, air display to be conducted in Australian territory.
       (2) To remove doubt, but without limiting subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the exemptions stated in subsection (3) apply to a pilot of an aircraft who is conducting a low‑level operation during a practice flight to become competent for an actual, or anticipated, air display before receiving the display organiser's approval to participate in the display.
       (3) The pilot is exempt from compliance with the following provisions in relation to the operation:
       (a) subregulation 61.065(1) of CASR, to the extent that it prohibits the pilot from conducting a low‑level operation because the pilot does not hold either a low‑level rating or aerial application rating;
       (b) subregulation 61.375(7) of CASR, but only in relation to item 5 of Table 61.375 of CASR.
       (4) The exemptions stated in subsection (6) apply to a pilot (also the pilot) of an aircraft who:
       (a) holds an aerobatics (unlimited) flight activity endorsement; and
       (b) does not hold any of the following:
 (i) a low‑level rating;
 (ii) an aerial application rating; and
       (c) is conducting a low‑level operation:
           (i) at an air display in Australian territory approved by CASA under regulation 91.045 of CASR for the purposes of regulation 91.180