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I, STEVEN JAMES CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and subregulations 5(1) and (1A) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed S. Campbell]
Steven Campbell
Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards
28 November 2024
Civil Aviation Order 95.4 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Sailplanes and Towing Aircraft) Instrument 2024

1 Name
       1.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.4 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Sailplanes and Towing Aircraft) Instrument 2024.
       1.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.4.
 1.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to section 95.4 of the Civil Aviation Orders is taken to be a reference to this instrument.

2 Commencement
  This instrument commences on 2 December 2024.

3 Repeal
  This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.

4 Application
        This Order applies to:
(a) a relevant sailplane, being a sailplane that is employed in private operations; and
(b) a relevant towing aircraft, being:
           (i) a powered sailplane that is towing a sailplane or hang glider; or
           (ii) an aeroplane that is towing a sailplane.

5 Definitions
Note   In this Order, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Act and the regulations. These include: aircraft flight manual instructions, ASAO, CAR, CASR, employed in private operations, flying training, glider, hang glider, pilot certificate, power-assisted sailplane, powered sailplane, private operation, sailplane, sport aviation body, VMC and VMC criteria.
        In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
administrative rules, in relation to a sport aviation body, means that part of its SAB manual detailing the practices, procedures, instructions and other information by which the sport aviation body performs its approved functions, in accordance with the civil aviation legislation, of administering a relevant sailplane or a person or activity, and includes rules relating to an aircraft's listing and the authorisation of flight crew.
automatic ELT has the meaning given by section 26.50 of the Part 91 MOS.
CAO 20.18 means the Civil Aviation Order 20.18 – Aircraft equipment – Basic operational requirements, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Flight Operations—Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.
flying instructor authorisation, in relation to a relevant sailplane, means an authorisation, however described, that:
(a) is issued to a person (the holder) by a relevant sport aviation body in accordance with the sport aviation body's operational and technical rules; and
(b) confers privileges on the holder to conduct flying training in the