Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01107:body:0:p45
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parachutist or tandem parachutist—both the drop zone safety officer and the chief parachuting instructor;
 (b) otherwise—the drop zone safety officer.
 (7) A person to whom this provision applies must ensure, before the parachute descent commences, that the dimensions of a ground communication panel used at the drop zone are not less than the dimensions set out in the exposition of the ASAO for the purposes of this provision.
 (8) The drop zone safety officer who is performing duties for the parachute descent must use the following ground communication panel configurations for the drop zone:

5.50  Radiocommunications broadcasts made by person on the ground
  A person who is not authorised or qualified in accordance with regulation 91.625 of CASR must not make a radiocommunications broadcast, using an aeronautical mobile station, for the purposes of ground control, unless the broadcast is made on the frequency prescribed by item 2 of Part 1.2 in Schedule 1 to the Radiocommunications (Aircraft and Aeronautical Mobile Stations) Class Licence 2016.

5.51  ASAO procedures for safe conduct at a drop zone
 (1) A Part 105 ASAO that administers a parachute descent must include, in its exposition, the procedures mentioned in subsections (2) and (4) for a person (the parachutist) undertaking a parachute descent using a particular parachute assembly:
 (a) for the first time at a drop zone; and
 (b) at 12-month intervals thereafter.
 (2) The procedures must require the parachutist to provide documentary evidence of the matters mentioned in subsection (3), to:
 (a) the drop zone safety officer who is performing duties for a parachute descent; or
 (b) in the case of a parachute training operation—either the chief parachuting instructor or the drop zone safety officer.
 (3) For subsection (2), the matters are that:
 (a) the parachute assembly includes a parachute container, container harness and reserve parachute, each of which satisfy one of the standards specified in subsection 2.04(1), (2) or (3); and
 (b) in the case that the container of the reserve parachute assembly is configured to carry a main parachute—a packer, rigger or the holder of a compatibility assessment authorisation has conducted the assessment required under section 5.10 of the compatibility of the main parachute with the parachute container; and
 (c) the parachute packing logbook includes the records:
 (i) made by the packer or rigger, for the purposes of subsection 5.11(5); or
 (ii) made by the holder of a compatibility assessment authorisation for the purposes of subsection 5.12(6).
Note: Under subsections 5.10(3) and 5.12(1), the holder of a compatibility assessment authorisation, who is not a packer or rigger, is not authorised to conduct a compatibility assessment for a parachute descent that will be undertaken by a tandem parachutist or the holder of a student parachutist