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I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 132.040 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

[Signed S. Carmody]
Shane Carmody
Acting Director of Aviation Safety
11 November 2016
Part 132 Manual of Standards Instrument 2016

Part A — Preliminary

1 Name of instrument
       (1) This instrument is the Part 132 Manual of Standards for Part 132 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).
       (2) This instrument is the Part 132 Manual of Standards Instrument 2016.
       (3) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to "this MOS" or "the MOS" means the Part 132 Manual of Standards Instrument 2016.

2 Commencement
       This instrument commences immediately after the commencement of Part 132 of CASR 1998.
Note   Part 132 of CASR 1998 is being made by the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Part 132) Regulation 2016.

3 Scope
       Under regulation 132.040 of CASR 1998, and for Part 132 of CASR 1998, this MOS sets out matters relating to:
(a) the operations that are prescribed as authorised operations for limited category aircraft; and
(b) the areas which are unsuitable for landing for a limited category aircraft that has a permit index number of 1 and for which a written approval has not been given under regulation 132.035 of CASR 1998; and
(c) the qualifications and experience requirements for an individual to be authorised by a limited category organisation; and
(d) the requirements for the giving of an approval, certificate or advice for the purposes of Part 132 of CASR 1998; and
(e) the requirements for the assignment of a permit index number to a limited category aircraft; and
(f) the prescription of historic aircraft.

4 Definitions
       (1)In this MOS, unless a contrary intention appears, words and phrases have the same meaning as provided in Part 132 of CASR 1998 and in the Dictionary to CASR 1998.
       (2)In this MOS:
design philosophy 1 for an aircraft means:
(a) an aircraft that meets civil airworthiness design standards in any of the normal, commuter, utility or transport categories; or
(b) an ex-armed forces aircraft with a piston engine that was used in an armed force only for pilot training; or
(c) an ex-armed forces aircraft that was used in an armed force only to transport persons or cargo.
Note   Examples of aircraft that would satisfy design philosophy 1 include: Boeing Stearman; North American T-28 Trojan; Ryan STM; Beagle-Auster Bulldog; Auster AOP.9; Cessna Bird Dog; and North American P‑51 Mustang.
design philosophy 2 for an aircraft means an aircraft that does not meet civil airworthiness design standards and has special design features associated with