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I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 21A (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]
Bruce Byron
Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

17 December 2007

Civil Aviation Order 103.20 Instrument 2007

1 Name of instrument

       This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 103.20 Instrument 2007.

2 Commencement

       This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 New Civil Aviation Order 103.20

       Civil Aviation Order 103.20 is repealed and a new Civil Aviation Order 103.20 substituted as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Civil Aviation Order 103.20

Equipment standards — cockpit voice recorders

1 Application

       1.1This Civil Aviation Order applies to cockpit voice recorders installed in aircraft in compliance with Civil Aviation Order 20.18.

       1.2An aircraft which receives its initial issue Australian Certificate of Airworthiness after 1 January 1985 must have a cockpit voice recorder installed in compliance with this Order.

2 Design requirements

       2.1For this Order, the cockpit voice recorder system includes components of the installation which satisfy the requirements of paragraph 2.2. These components would normally include the following:

(a) flight deck mounted equipment, including a control unit, a monitor display, all microphones at each flight crew position, an area microphone and associated preamplifier stages;

(b) a crash protected recorder.

       2.2The equipment must be approved and installed so that it will record simultaneously on at least 4 channels:

(a) voice communications transmitted from, or received in, the aircraft by radio; and

(b) all conversation on the flight deck; and

(c) voice communications of flight crew members on the flight deck, using the aircraft's interphone system; and

(d) voice or audio signals identifying navigation or approach aids introduced into a headset or speaker; and

(e) audio signals from alerting or warning devices on the flight deck and general flight deck sounds; and

(f) voice communications of flight crew — members using the passenger address system, if a channel is available in accordance with the requirements of sub‑subparagraph 3.1 (a) (vi) of this Order.

       2.3A cockpit voice recorder must comply with the requirements of Technical Standard Order C84 or later amendment of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America and be of a type approved by the Director.

       2.4The cockpit voice recorder must be provided with the following means to facilitate its identification in conditions following a crash:

(a) each cockpit voice recorder container must be coloured either bright orange or bright yellow;

(b) reflective tape must be affixed to the external surface of the cockpit voice recorder container to facilitate its location under water.

3 Installation

       3.1Each cockpit voice recorder must be installed so that:

(a) the part