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Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Instrument 2015 (as amended)

made under subsection 98 (4A) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988, regulation 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and subregulation 5 (1) and regulation 235 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
This compilation was prepared on 2 June 2023 taking into account amendments up to Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Amendment Instrument 2023. It is a compilation of Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Instrument 2015 as amended and in force on 12 May 2023.
Prepared by the Advisory and Drafting Branch, Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 3.
Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Instrument 2015

1A Name of instrument
       1A.1 This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 100.7 Instrument 2015.
       1A.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 100.7.
       1A.3 A reference in an instrument to section 100.7 of the Civil Aviation Orders is a reference to this instrument.

1 Application
        This Order does not apply to the following:
(a) a balloon;
(b) an airship;
(c) an aircraft that:
           (i) is listed with a sport aviation body other than an approved self‑administering aviation organisation (ASAO); and
           (ii) has been weighed in accordance with the sport aviation body's procedures, as the procedures have been accepted or approved by CASA at the time the aircraft is weighed;
(d) a sailplane that:
           (i) is administered by a sport aviation body other than an ASAO; and
           (ii) is operated under Civil Aviation Order 95.4 or 95.4.1; and
           (iii) has been weighed in accordance with the sport aviation body's procedures, as the procedures have been accepted or approved by CASA at the time the aircraft is weighed;
(e) an aircraft that:
 (i) is administered by an ASAO that has an approved function, mentioned in section 16 of the Part 149 Manual of Standards, of approving procedures for the weight control of the aircraft; and
 (ii) has been weighed in accordance with the procedures for weight control, as approved by the ASAO.

2 Definitions
        Terms and abbreviations used in this Order have the following meanings:
CG means the centre of gravity position of an aircraft.
empty weight means the weight, as determined in accordance with this section of the Civil Aviation Orders, of an aircraft, including all items of fixed equipment and other equipment which is mandatory for all operations, fixed ballast, unusable fuel and total quantities of oil, engine coolant and hydraulic fluid but excluding all other items of disposable load.
fleet means 2 or more aeroplanes of the same model and configuration that are operated by the same operator.
fleet (weight and CG) values means the average operating weight and average CG established for the aircraft in a