Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:6:p65
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 65/79)
Character Range: 2693383–2696239

flight crew rating (within the meaning of that subregulation).
Note: Balloon flying training for any of these purposes is a prescribed purpose under paragraph 206(a) of CAR which means an AOC is required to conduct this training. Balloon flying training conducted for other purposes is a Part 131 recreational activity.
 (2) Despite subsection (1), a Part 131 recreational activity does not include operating a Part 131 aircraft in any circumstances prescribed by the Part 131 Manual of Standards for the purposes of this subregulation.

131.030  Definition of significant change
  A significant change, for a balloon transport operator, means:
 (a) a change in relation to any of the following:
 (i) the location and operation of the operator's main operating bases, including the opening or closing of main operating bases;
 (ii) the operator's key personnel;
 (iii) a person authorised to carry out the responsibilities of any of the key personnel if the position holder is absent from the position or cannot carry out the responsibilities of the position;
 (iv) the formal reporting lines for a managerial or operational position with safety functions and responsibilities that reports directly to any of the key personnel;
 (v) the operator's process for making changes that relate to the safe conduct and management of the operator's balloon transport operations;
 (vi) the kinds of balloon transport operations the operator is authorised to conduct under the operator's balloon transport AOC;
 (vii) the operator's areas of operation, including beginning to operate in a new area;
 (viii) the classes of Part 131 aircraft used in the operator's balloon transport operations, including the addition of a new class; or
 (b) a change in relation to any of the following that does not maintain or improve, or is not likely to maintain or improve, aviation safety:
 (i) the plans, processes, procedures, programs and systems for the safe conduct and management of the operator's balloon transport operations;
 (ii) the qualifications, experience and responsibilities required by the operator for any of the operator's key personnel;
 (iii) any other aeronautical or aviation safety related services provided to the operator by third parties;
 (iv) any change to the registration of a Part 131 aircraft used in the operator's balloon transport operations;
 (v) any leasing or other arrangements for the supply of a Part 131 aircraft used in the operator's balloon transport operations; or
 (c) a change required to be approved by CASA under these Regulations, other than a change that results in the reissue or replacement of an instrument previously issued by CASA in which the conditions or other substantive content of the instrument are unchanged.

131.035  Approvals by CASA for Part 131
 (1) If a provision of this Part, or of the Part 131 Manual of