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Civil Aviation Amendment Order
(No. R2) 2004

I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under subregulation 92 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]

Bruce Byron
Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

2 December 2004

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1 Name of Order

  This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R2) 2004.
2 Commencement

  This Order commences on gazettal.
3 Replacement of section 20.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders

          Section 20.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Substitution of section 20.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders

SECTION 20.3 AIR SERVICE OPERATIONS

MARSHALLING AND PARKING OF AIRCRAFT
1 APPLICATION
1.1 This section applies to all aircraft operating at aerodromes established under the Air Navigation Regulations 1947, aerodromes licensed or authorised under the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, and Department of Defence aerodromes in respect of which an arrangement under section 20 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 is in force.
2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MARSHALLING AND PARKING AIRCRAFT
2.1 An operator is responsible for marshalling and parking of the operator's aircraft on an aerodrome.
2.2 An operator must ensure that any person designated for marshalling and parking duties uses the standard hand signals set out in Appendix I.
3 PARKING AREAS
3.1 The aerodrome licence-holder or proprietor, as the case requires, is responsible for designating parking areas on an aerodrome.
3.2 A person must not park an aircraft outside the areas designated in accordance with subparagraph 3.1 without permission of the aerodrome licence-holder or proprietor, as the case may be.
4 STANDARD HAND SIGNALS
4.1 The hand signals set out in Appendix I have the meanings indicated in that Appendix.
4.2 These signals are to be given as required by persons involved in the parking of aircraft.
4.3 Pilots in command of aircraft are to comply with all signals so given except where a pilot in command of an aircraft considers that to do so would jeopardise the safety of the aircraft or of its passengers or of persons or property on the ground.

APPENDIX I

STANDARD HAND SIGNALS TO BE USED BY GROUND PERSONNEL
MARSHALLING AIRCRAFT

Note 1: These signals are designed for use by the signalman, using lights where necessary, to facilitate observation by the pilot, and facing the aircraft in a position:
         (a) for fixed wing aircraft — forward of the left wing tip within view of the pilot; and
 (b) for helicopters — where the signalman can best be seen by the pilot.
Note 2: The meaning of the relevant signals remains the same if bats, illuminated wands or torchlights