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Instrument number CASA EX01/24
I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed P. Spence]
Pip Spence
Director of Aviation Safety
2 February 2024
CASA EX01/24 — Flight Crew Medical Status (Class 5 Medical Self‑declaration) Exemption 2024

Part 1 — Preliminary

1 Name
       (1) This instrument is CASA EX01/24 — Flight Crew Medical Status (Class 5 Medical Self‑declaration) Exemption 2024.
       (2) This instrument may also be cited as instrument CASA EX01/24.

2 Duration
        This instrument:
(a) commences on 9 February 2024; and
(b) is repealed at the end of 8 February 2027.

3 Application of this instrument
        This instrument applies, according to its terms, to and in respect of the following persons, when they are engaged in certain private operations or permitted class 5 training:
(a) student pilots conducting solo flights in an aircraft, and flight instructors who supervise or make assessments of them;
(b) applicants for a recreational pilot licence, or for the grant of a rating other than an operational rating on a recreational pilot licence, who are undertaking flight tests, and:
           (i) flight examiners who conduct assessments of such applicants; and
           (ii) Part 141 operators who conduct authorised Part 141 flight training of such applicants, and their heads of operation; and
           (iii) Part 142 operators who conduct authorised Part 142 activities of such applicants, and their heads of operation;
(c) holders of a private pilot licence or a recreational pilot licence who are exercising the privileges of the licence in a single-pilot operation, and pilots in command of aircraft for a flight with flight crew, where one or more of the flight crew holds such a licence.

4 Key definitions
       (1) In this instrument:
Aviation Medical Guidelines means the document entitled Guidelines – Medical Assessment for Aviation, as published by CASA from time to time.
Note   At the commencement of this instrument, the 1st edition (dated December 2023) of the Guidelines – Medical Assessment for Aviation was available to view or download on CASA's website at https://casa.gov.au.
online self-assessment of medical fitness process means the process described in section 6.
Note   The steps in the online self-assessment of medical fitness process, listed in section 6, include a requirement that the person involved is provided with a copy of the Aviation Medical Guidelines.
record of class 5 medical self-declaration, in relation to a person, means a document given to the person by CASA to acknowledge that the person has successfully completed the online self-assessment of medical fitness process.
renewal date, in relation to a person's record of class 5 medical self-declaration, means the date specified in it as the