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the Explanatory Statement.

4 Approval and application process
       (1) SAFA may apply to CASA, in writing, for approval of a hang gliding or paragliding event as an approved event.
       (2) After receiving a written application from SAFA, CASA may, by instrument in writing, approve the event as an approved event.
       (3) Without limiting the matters that CASA may consider for the purposes of the civil aviation legislation, in deciding whether to grant an approval, CASA must consider whether SAFA has adequate personnel and procedures to ensure that pilots in command of relevant aircraft will comply with the conditions mentioned in section 6.
       (4) An event approval must specify the following for the event:
(a) the event area;
(b) the event period;
(c) the minimum qualification.
       (5) An event approval may specify a specified aerodrome for the event.
       (6) An event approval may include directions, issued under regulation 11.245 of CASR, to SAFA relating to conduct of the event.

5 Exemption — pilots in command
       (1) While participating in an approved event during the event period, a pilot in command who operates a relevant aircraft in the event area is exempt from compliance with the following provisions:
(a) if the event area includes an area in the vicinity of a specified aerodrome —regulation 91.400 of CASR in relation to operation of the relevant aircraft in the vicinity of that aerodrome;
(b) regulations 91.630 and 91.640 of CASR;
(c) if the event area includes Class E airspace — regulation 91.635 of CASR; and
(d) the following provisions of CAO 95.8:
           (i) to the extent that the subparagraph may require the carriage or use of a VHF radiocommunication system — subparagraph 10.3(a);
           (ii) subparagraph 10.4(b).
Note   Subsection 8 of CAO 95.8 provides persons with an exemption from obligations under other specified CASR and CAR provisions, including regulation 91.625 of CASR, in relation to relevant aircraft employed in private operations.
       (2) The exemption in subsection (1) is subject to complying with the conditions mentioned in section 6.
       (3) Subsection (1) applies to the pilot in command of a relevant aircraft whether or not the relevant aircraft is equipped with a VHF radiocommunication system.

6 Conditions
       (1) The pilot in command must ensure that the relevant aircraft is equipped with a serviceable UHF radiocommunication system.
       (2) If, during a flight, the pilot in command becomes aware that the UHF radiocommunication system of the relevant aircraft is unserviceable, the pilot in command must cease the flight as soon as safely practicable.
       (3) The pilot in command may conduct a flight to which the exemption applies only if satisfied that:
(a) a ground communications station will be established and maintained in accordance with directions issued to SAFA