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(b) the drop zone is not clearly visible to the person.
 (3) The person must not commence the descent unless:
 (a) the drop zone safety officer; or
 (b) if the person is a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist—either the drop zone safety officer or chief parachuting instructor;
has approved the descent.

5.39  Communications—ground control assistant and pilot
  The ground control assistant for a parachute descent and the pilot in command of the aircraft facilitating the descent, must maintain communications, by means of radiocommunications or visual signals, until the commencement of the parachute descent.
Note 1: Under section 1.06, ground control is a prescribed parachuting activity. See also section 5.49, which provides for the safe management of parachute drop zones, including communication protocols.
Note 2: The holder of a ground control authorisation is not permitted to transmit on the radio frequencies mentioned in regulation 91.625 of CASR unless the person is authorised or qualified in accordance with that regulation.

5.40  Emergency equipment carried on jump aircraft
 (1) Subsection (2) applies to:
 (a) the pilot in command of an aircraft that is facilitating a parachute descent; and
 (b) if the parachute descent is a parachuting training operation—the parachutist instructor who is supervising the descent.
 (2) The person must ensure that a knife suitable for emergency situations is carried on board the aircraft and is readily available to the person.

5.41  Parachute descents—wind velocity requirements
 (1) Subsection (2) applies if a parachute descent involves a trainee parachutist who does not hold a parachutist certificate.
 (2) The drop zone safety officer for the descent must ensure that the maximum wind velocity, measured over a 10-minute period at a height of 10 m above the drop zone, does not exceed 15 knots, or a slower wind velocity:
 (a) set out for the purposes of this provision in the exposition of the ASAO that administers the parachute descent; or
 (b) determined for the descent by the chief parachuting instructor or drop zone safety officer in accordance with procedures set out, for the purposes of this provision, in the exposition of the ASAO that administers the parachute descent.
 (3) If subsection (1) does not apply to the parachute descent, the drop zone safety officer must ensure that the maximum wind velocity, measured over a 10-minute period at a height of 10 m above the drop zone, does not exceed the velocity set out in the exposition of the ASAO for the purposes of this provision.
 (4) However, if wind velocity for a parachute descent mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is measured by a person standing at ground level, the wind velocity reading that results must be increased by 25% for the purpose of determining whether a