Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187:reg:6:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 7/11)
Character Range: 105629–108250

AOC or the certificate; or
(b) otherwise — the person, organisation or enterprise engaged in aircraft operations involving the aircraft.
Part 141 means Part 141 of CASR.
Part 141 operator has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.
Part 142 means Part 142 of CASR.
Part 142 operator has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.
safety area means an area:
(a) that is free of obstacles, other than those:
           (i) with a height not exceeding 25 cm above the surface level of the area; or
           (ii) that are required for air navigation purposes; and
       Note   Obstacles required for air navigation include, for example, a wind direction indicator.
(b) whose purpose is to reduce the risk of damage to an aircraft accidentally diverging from the load-bearing area primarily intended for landing or take-off.
Note   The safety area does not need to be a solid surface. For example, a perforated metal deck may constitute part, or all, of a safety area.
TLOF is short for touchdown and lift-of area.
used, using or uses, in relation to the use of NVIS, means used for safe air navigation by means of visual surface reference external to the aircraft conducting the operation.
       (2) Subject to subsection (1), in this instrument words and phrases have the same meaning as in CASR.

Division 2 Requirements for an NVIS flight

3.03 General requirements for NVIS flights
       (1) A rotorcraft in an NVIS flight may only take off from and land on:
(a) an HLS-NVIS standard; or
(b) subject to section 3.05 — an HLS-NVIS basic.
       (2) A pilot in an NVIS flight must be:
(a) an NVIS pilot; or
(b) in an NVIS flight that is an NVIS operation for the purpose of flight training or flight testing a pilot (the NVIS trainee pilot) for an NVIS rating or endorsement — the NVIS trainee pilot accompanied by an NVIS pilot mentioned in paragraph (a).
       (3) A trainee pilot must not conduct a solo NVIS flight.
       (4) Each air crew member who uses NVIS in an NVIS flight must be:
(a) an NVIS air crew member in an NVIS operation; or
(b) a person, otherwise qualified for the NVIS flight, who is under flight training or flight testing to become an NVIS air crew member.
Note   Air crew members may only be carried in accordance with the requirements for NVIS operations.

3.04 HLS-NVIS standard
       (1) Subject to subsection (2), an HLS-NVIS standard is an HLS that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) the FATO must at least:
           (i) be capable of enclosing a circle with a diameter equal to one and a half times the D-Value (1.5 x D) of the rotorcraft; and
           (ii) be free of