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Character Range: 17417–20332

see section 2.07.
reserve static line means a line, attached to the main parachute, that initiates the deployment of the reserve parachute following the jettisoning of the main parachute.
rigger means the holder of a rigger authorisation.
rigger authorisation means an authorisation, issued by a Part 105 ASAO that administers the airworthiness of a parachute, that authorises the holder to:
 (a) carry out the following activities on the parachute:
 (i) pack the parachute;
 (ii) assemble the parachute;
 (iii) inspect the overall condition of the parachute assembly to determine the airworthiness of the assembly; and
 (b) carry out repairs and modifications of the parachute, parachute container, container harness and any dual harness that attaches to the container harness; and
 (c) in the case that the parachute is a main parachute—manufacture the main parachute or a component of the main parachute; and
 (d) approve a reserve parachute, emergency parachute, or main parachute mentioned in section 5.05, for return to service following maintenance the person has carried out for the parachute; and
 (e) conduct an assessment of the compatibility of a main parachute and the parachute container of a reserve parachute assembly.
student parachutist certificate means an authorisation that authorises a trainee parachutist:
 (a) who does not hold a parachutist certificate; and
 (b) is receiving parachuting training for the certificate;
to conduct a solo parachute descent under the supervision of a parachutist instructor.
tandem descent means a parachute descent, conducted as part of a parachute training operation, by:
 (a) a parachutist instructor who holds an endorsement (however described) that authorises the person to control a parachute descent in which a tandem parachutist is carried; and
 (b) a tandem parachutist.
tandem parachutist: see regulation 105.010 of CASR.
tandem parachutist certificate means an authorisation that authorises a person who does not hold a parachutist certificate to undertake a parachute descent as a tandem parachutist.
TSO (short for Technical Standard Order): see the CASR Dictionary.
 (2) In this instrument:
 (a) a Part 105 ASAO administers the operation of an aircraft to facilitate a parachute descent if the ASAO has an approved function mentioned in section 26 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards in relation to the aircraft; and
 (b) a Part 105 ASAO administers a parachute descent if the ASAO's approved functions include the aviation administration functions mentioned in sections 23 and 24 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards in relation to the parachute descent; and
 (c) a Part 105 ASAO administers the airworthiness of a parachute if the ASAO has an approved function mentioned in section 28 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards in relation to the parachute.

Meaning of emergency parachute
 (3) For the purposes of the definition of emergency parachute