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Civil Aviation Amendment Order
(No. R23) 2004

I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under paragraph 28BA (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]

Bruce Byron
Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

2 December 2004

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1 Name of Order
  This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R23) 2004.
2 Commencement
  This Order commences on gazettal.
       3                       Replacement of section 29.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders
  Section 29.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Substitution of section 29.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders

SECTION 29.3

AIR SERVICE OPERATIONS — AEROPLANES ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATION — NIGHT AERIAL SPRAYING
1 PURPOSE
1.1 The purpose of this section is to regulate night aerial spraying agricultural operations.
2 DEFINITIONS
2.1 In this section:
agricultural aeroplane means an aeroplane of a type that has been approved by CASA under paragraph 5.1 for the purpose of night spraying operations.
authorised landing area means a place authorised by CASA under regulation 89 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 for use as an aerodrome.
base landing area means:
 (a) an authorised landing area; or
 (b) an aerodrome;
from which an agricultural aeroplane departs after it has been assigned an operational task.
flight manoeuvring area means an area:
 (a) that surrounds the perimeter of a treatment area; and
 (b) the outer boundary of which is at least 1 nautical mile from that perimeter; and
 (c) in which an aeroplane that is engaged in night spraying operations manoeuvres while so engaged.
hazard light means a fixed light used to identify and locate an obstruction that is a hazard within a treatment area or a flight manoeuvring area.
loading site means the ground location where an agricultural aeroplane is loaded with agricultural chemicals.
night spraying operations means night aerial spraying agricultural operations.
operational landing area means:
 (a) an authorised landing area; or
 (b) an aerodrome;
from which an agricultural aeroplane departs with an agricultural load.
treatment area means an area of land that is, or is to be, treated with agricultural chemicals.
turn lights means the secondary floodlights installed on an agricultural aeroplane that are used to illuminate the ground during procedure turns.
worklights means the primary floodlights installed on an agricultural aeroplane that are used to illuminate the ground during spraying runs.
3 LANDING AREAS
3.1 An:
 (a) authorised landing area; or
 (b) aerodrome;
from which night spraying operations are conducted must, as a minimum, comply with the guidelines in CAAP 92-2, being guidelines that relate to night operations.
3.2 Subject to paragraph 3.3, a one-way