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the requirement to meet those standards without a hearing aid or glasses).
Note 2   At the time of making this instrument, the commercial vehicle driver medical standards mentioned in the definition of medical standard basic class 2 are included in the publication titled Assessing fitness to drive for commercial and private vehicle drivers, 6th edition, 2022. That publication is freely available by searching for the publication title on the Austroads Publications page, located at <https://austroads.com.au/publications>.
operational rating has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
Part 142 activity has the meaning given by regulation 142.015 of CASR.
pilot, used as a noun, has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
pilot licence has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
privilege, in relation to a flight crew licence, rating or endorsement, has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
rating has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
recreational aircraft has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.

5 Exemptions — certain student pilots
       (1) This section applies to a student pilot who holds a current Aviation Medical Certificate (Basic Class 2).
       (2) The student pilot is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.114(2) of CASR, to the extent that the subregulation requires that, to be authorised to conduct a solo flight in an aircraft other than a recreational aircraft, the student pilot must hold:
       (a) a class 1 or 2 medical certificate; or
       (b) a medical exemption for the flight.
       (3) The student pilot is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.114(4) of CASR, to the extent that the subregulation requires that, to be authorised to conduct a solo flight in a recreational aircraft by day, the student pilot must hold:
       (a) a class 1 or 2 medical certificate; or
       (b) a medical exemption for the flight.
       (4) The student pilot is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.118(2) of CASR, to the extent that the subsection requires the student pilot to produce their medical certificate.
       (5) The exemption in subsection (2) is subject to the conditions mentioned in section 6.
       (6) The exemptions in subsections (3) and (4) are subject to the conditions mentioned in:
       (a) subsections 6(1) and (2); and
       (b) paragraphs 6(3)(a), (b) and (c); and
       (c) subsection 6(4).
Note   The condition in paragraph 6(3)(d) is not mentioned in subsection 5(6) because the definition of recreational aircraft in regulation 61.010 of CASR means a single-engine aircraft that, relevantly in paragraph (b), has a maximum certificated take-off weight of less than 1 500 kg. However, that condition applies to the exemption in subsection 5(2) because that exemption relates to a