Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00162:body:0:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00162
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Character Range: 23154–25919

(a) the requirements of regulation 91.775 of CASR, other than those under the provisions mentioned in subsection (2), must be complied with for the flight;
(b) the pilot in command, and any pilot undergoing training, checking or testing, must each use a night vision imaging system (NVIS) as the primary means of terrain avoidance for safe air navigation by means of visual surface reference external to the aircraft;
(c) the use of NVIS is in accordance with all of the requirements of the civil aviation legislation for NVIS;
(d) only crew members necessary for achieving the purposes of the flight may be on board the rotorcraft during the flight;
(e) for paragraph (d), sufficient crew members must be on board if more than one kind of crew member is undergoing training, checking or testing.
Note   The exemption does not affect the application of the provisions of regulation 91.775 of CASR for which no exemptions are provided, nor does it affect the other NVIS-related requirements contained in the civil aviation legislation, such as the Part 91 of CASR operational NVIS requirements or the Part 61 of CASR NVIS rating requirements.

19 Minimum heights – IFR flights – exemption
       (1) This section applies to the pilot in command of an aircraft for an IFR flight, but only if:
(a) the aircraft is taking off from an aerodrome for flight along a route or a route segment mentioned in paragraph 91.305(1)(a) of CASR; and
(b) the aircraft is flown at a height lower than the minimum height mentioned in subregulation 91.305(2); and
(c) none of the circumstances mentioned in subregulation 91.305(3) (other than paragraph 91.305(3)(a)) apply; and
(d) between the take-off and the time the aircraft reaches a minimum height specified in subregulation 91.305(2) — the pilot in command ensures that the aircraft clears all obstacles by a safe margin.
       (2) The pilot in command is exempted from compliance with regulation 91.305.

20 Air displays in Australian territory — exemption
       (1) This section applies to the pilot in command of an aircraft conducting a flight that is an air display in Australian territory for which a person holds an approval under regulation 91.045 of CASR for paragraph 91.180(1)(b) to conduct the air display.
       (2) The pilot in command is exempted from compliance with the following provisions of CASR:
(a) regulation 91.090 — but only if the aircraft is not operated in a manner that creates a hazard to another aircraft, a person or property;
(b) regulation 91.190 — but only if:
           (i) the operator of the aircraft does not hold an aerial work certificate authorising dispensing operations; and
           (ii) the operation is conducted in VMC; and
           (iii) sections 13.02, 13.04 and 13.05 of