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I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 139.005 and 201.025 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed P. Spence]
Pip Spence
Director of Aviation Safety

11 December 2024
Part 139 Manual of Standards Amendment Instrument 2024 (No. 2)

     1 Name of instrument
        This instrument is the Part 139 Manual of Standards Amendment Instrument 2024 (No. 2).

     2 Commencement
        This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

     3 Amendment of the Part 139 (Aerodromes) Manual of Standards 2019
        Schedule 1 amends the Part 139 (Aerodromes) Manual of Standards 2019.

Schedule 1 Amendments

[1] Subsection 6.21 (3)
omit
subsection (4)
insert
subsection (4) and section 6.21A

[2] After section 6.21
insert

     6.21A Protection of the fly-over area of a runway strip
       (1) At a certified aerodrome, a prescribed thing that is used for a prescribed purpose may project through the plane described in subsection 6.21 (3), but only if, when, and for as long as, the conditions under subsection (3) of this section are complied with.
     Note   The expressions prescribed things and prescribed purposes are defined in subsection (2).
       (2) For subsection (1):
       (a) a prescribed thing is any of the following on the fly-over area of a runway strip (the relevant area):
           (i) an airside vehicle, including anything that is part of the vehicle, and any mobile or moveable object, machine or equipment carried in, attached to, resting on, or for use with, the vehicle (ancillary things);
           (ii) relevant personnel who:
            (A) accompany, use, or are transported on, or in, an airside vehicle; or
            (B) alight from the vehicle, whether or not they carry or transfer ancillary things; or
            (C) arrive by foot on the relevant area, and are present and move about on foot, whether or not they carry or transfer anything relevant to their presence; and
       (b) a prescribed purpose is one or more of the following activities conducted on the fly-over area of a runway strip:
           (i) a serviceability inspection or an aerodrome technical inspection;
          Note   See Chapter 12 for serviceability inspections and aerodrome technical inspections.
           (ii) the removal of foreign object debris;
          Note   The expression foreign object debris is defined in subsection 3.01 (2).
           (iii) wildlife hazard management, monitoring, dispersal or culling;
           (iv) time-limited works;
          Note   Examples of some common time-limited works include grass maintenance, line marking, drain clearing.
           (v) emergency or time-critical remediation or similar activity essential to maintain aerodrome safety.
       (3) For subsection (1), the conditions are the following:
       (a) the certified aerodrome operator must ensure that:
           (i) all requirements of this section are complied with; and
           (ii) the aerodrome manual contains procedures to provide that all requirements of this section are