Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01461:body:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01461
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Character Range: 2750–5413

means:
(a) the holder of a remote pilot licence; or
(b) a person who is taken to hold a remote pilot licence under subregulation 202.461(3) of CASR.
RPA operator means a person who is certified as an RPA operator under regulation 101.335 of CASR.

4 Permission
      1.          On application made by AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, ASIC Registration Number A39728, under subregulation 101.065 of CASR, CASA approves R405A and R405B as restricted areas in, or over, which a remote pilot is permitted to operate an RPA.
      2.           The operation of an RPA by a remote pilot in, or over, a relevant restricted area is subject to the directions stated in section 5.

5 Directions
       (1) A remote pilot (the pilot) operating an RPA in an operating area must:
(a) if the pilot is an RPA operator — be registered, using a CASA-verified drone safety app, to be authorised to operate the RPA in the operating area during a period notified to the pilot on the app; or
(b) be a member of the personnel of an RPA operator that has registered, using a CASA-verified drone safety app, to be authorised to operate the RPA in the operating area during a period notified to the pilot on the app.
       (2) The pilot must, during the RPA operation, comply with any operating limitations, relevant to the operation, which are notified to the pilot on the CASA-verified drone safety app in relation to the registration mentioned in subsection (1).
       (3) The pilot must conduct the RPA operation only as an aerial work operation.
       (4) The pilot must, during the RPA operation:
(a) not operate any other RPA; and
(b) take reasonable steps to ensure a listening watch is maintained on frequency 120.8 MHz, from 15 minutes before the start of a flight of the RPA until the RPA has landed at the end of the flight; and
(c) take reasonable steps to ensure that reliable mobile phone coverage exists in the operating area.
       (5) The pilot must, during the RPA operation, ensure the RPA is equipped and operated with an active fail-safe mode that will ensure, in the event of a data link loss between the RPA and its associated remote pilot station during a flight of the RPA, the RPA will:
(a) adjust altitude to the minimum safe level, to provide obstacle clearance and the minimum potential for collision with other aircraft; and
(b) transit to a pre-defined safe landing, or flight termination, area; and
(c) land or otherwise end the flight.
       (6) If there is an inconsistency between a requirement of the relevant RPA operator's documented practices and procedures and a direction in this section, the pilot must comply with