Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01040:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01040
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 7939–10929

in reliance on the exemption in subsection 4(1) includes:
       (a) a letter from its manufacturer confirming the manufacturer's agreement to the aircraft being registered on the Australian Civil Aircraft Register before its transfer of ownership; and
       (b) a certificate (however described), issued by the national aviation authority of the foreign country in which the aircraft was manufactured, stating that the aircraft is not registered.
       (2) A prospective owner must, within 24 hours of becoming aware that they will not apply for registration of an exempt aircraft in reliance on the exemption in subsection 4(1) for any reason, notify CASA of that fact, in writing.
       (3) If the ownership of an exempt aircraft that is registered in reliance on the exemption in subsection 4(1) is not transferred to an initial owner before the repeal of this instrument, the registration of the aircraft is taken to have lapsed.
       (4) A prospective owner must, within 24 hours of becoming aware that ownership of the exempt aircraft will be transferred to a person other than the prospective owner during the intervening period, notify CASA of that fact, in writing.

8 Condition — operators of registered exempt aircraft
        An operator must ensure that an exempt aircraft that has been registered in reliance on the exemption in subsection 4(1) is operated:
       (a) by its manufacturer in accordance with the manufacturer's production approval certificate (however described) issued by the national aviation authority of the foreign country in which the aircraft was manufactured, as the certificate exists from time to time; and
       (b) for production flight testing, customer demonstration flights and other pre‑delivery activities:
 (i) if the activities mentioned in paragraph (b) are carried out in a foreign country in the European Union — in accordance with the related legislation of the foreign country in which the activities are carried out, as in force from time to time; or
 (ii) otherwise — in accordance with the related legislation of the foreign country in which the aircraft was manufactured, as in force from time to time.
Note 1   At the time of making this instrument, the most common manufacturers of exempt aircraft are the following:
       (a) Airbus S.A.S of Blagnac, France (Airbus);
       (b) The Boeing Company of Arlington, Virginia, United States of America (Boeing);
       (c) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. of São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil (Embraer).
At the time of making this instrument, the production approval certificate issued to Airbus is freely available to view or download at https://www.airbus.com/sites/g/files/jlcbta136/files/2021-11/Airbus-certificate-EASA-21G-0001.pdf. However, the production approval certificates issued to Boeing and Embraer are not freely available to view or download and CASA cannot reliably obtain copies of those certificates with a view to making them available to a user