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Part 91 MOS) and navigation lights (as the term is used in section 26.24 of the Part 91 MOS).
GNSS has the meaning given by section 1.07 of the Part 91 MOS.
IFR has the meaning given by Part 1 of the CASR Dictionary.
lights-out operation means a surveillance operation, conducted for law enforcement purposes by a relevant operator using a relevant aircraft, in which the relevant aircraft's external lights are not to be displayed while flying over the relevant area.
navigation specification has the meaning given by section 1.07 of the Part 91 MOS.
relevant aircraft means an aircraft operated by a relevant operator for a lights-out operation.
relevant air traffic service means the air traffic service for the airspace over the area in which a lights-out operation is conducted.
relevant area means the area:
(a) within which the target of the surveillance is located; and
(b) over which the relevant pilot considers it necessary for the relevant aircraft's external lights not to be displayed so that the aircraft remains unseen.
relevant operator means an aerial work operator that conducts lights-out operations as, or under an arrangement with, any of the following government authorities:
(a) the Australian Federal Police;
(b) the Australian Border Force;
(c) a State or Territory police service;
(d) the Department of Home Affairs or an agency under the Department of Home Affairs.
relevant pilot means the pilot in command of a relevant aircraft operated for a lights-out operation.
surveillance operation has the meaning given by section 1.04 of the Part 138 MOS.
       (2) This section applies to a relevant operator and a relevant pilot in relation to the conduct of a lights-out operation in Australian territory.
       (3) The relevant operator and relevant pilot are each exempt from regulation 91.810 of CASR, to the extent that the regulation requires compliance with the following provisions of the Part 91 MOS in relation to the conduct of a lights‑out operation:
(a) subsection 26.22(3);
(b) subsection 26.22(4);
(c) subsection 26.22(5);
(d) that part of subsection 26.24(2) that requires navigation lights fitted to the aircraft to be displayed during a flight.
       (4) The exemption granted to the relevant operator in subsection (3) is subject to the conditions set out in paragraphs (6)(a) and (b) and subsections (7) to (9).
       (5) The exemption granted to the relevant pilot in subsection (3) is subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 6(c), subsection (8) and subsections (10) to (12).
       (6) Before conducting a lights-out operation:
(a) the relevant operator must notify CASA that it is an operator that conducts lights-out operations; and
(b) the relevant operator must ensure that the relevant aircraft is equipped with the following functional items of equipment:
 (i)