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the carriage of themselves, or otherwise shares in the costs of the carriage; and
           (v) where the carriage of any passenger, or the passenger's notional share of the costs of the carriage, is not rewarded by anyone else; and
           (vi) where the aircraft is flown by a pilot who is a related pilot, or a professional pilot employed by the business to fly the aircraft; and
          Note   The word pilot, in the singular, includes pilots, plural, if applicable.
           (vii) where the aircraft used has a maximum certificated passenger seating capacity that is not greater than 19;
(b) the operation of an aircraft directly by a government organisation (the government organisation):
           (i) for the carriage of passengers, or goods (not being goods for sale or exchange); and
           (ii) where the predominant purpose of the carriage is to facilitate the conduct of the government organisation's official activities; and
           (iii) where the facilitation is merely ancillary to conducting those activities; and
           (iv) where no passenger gives any reward for the carriage of themselves, or otherwise shares in the costs of the carriage; and
           (v) where the carriage of any passenger, or the passenger's notional share of the costs of the carriage, is not rewarded by anyone else; and
           (vi) where the aircraft is flown by a pilot who is a professional pilot employed by the government organisation to fly the aircraft; and
          Note   The word pilot, in the singular, includes pilots, plural, if applicable.
           (vii) where the aircraft used has a maximum certificated passenger seating capacity that is not greater than 19;
(c) the operation of an aircraft for the transportation of any of the following:
           (i) the owner of the aircraft (the owner);
           (ii) a passenger directly associated with the owner;
          provided that:
           (iii) the owner is not given any reward for the transportation; and
           (iv) the aircraft is flown by the owner, or by a professional pilot; and
          Note   The word pilot, in the singular, includes pilots, plural, if applicable.
           (iv) the passenger is being transported for recreational purposes.
government organisation means any department, agency, body, entity or force of the Commonwealth government, or of a State or Territory government.
Note   A company that provides flight services under contract to a government organisation is not a government organisation. If a company carries passengers or goods under contract for, or on behalf of, a government organisation, the exemption under section 7AA does not apply to such carriage.
maximum certificated passenger seating capacity has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary.
operator means the business, the government organisation, or the owner, (as the case requires) within the meaning of exempted transport operation.
professional pilot means the holder of a commercial pilot licence, or