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apply if the jump pilot authorisation had been issued to the pilot in command in the 12 months ending on the day the aircraft is operated to facilitate the parachute descent.

Division 3—Jump pilot flight-time requirements: powered-lift aircraft

3.07  Jump pilot flight-time requirements
 (1) This section:
 (a) is made for paragraph 105.080(6)(b) of CASR; and
 (b) prescribes flight time requirements for the pilot in command of a powered‑lift aircraft being operated to facilitate a parachute descent by a trainee parachutist or tandem parachutist (or both).
 (2) The flight time required of the pilot is at least 10 hours of experience as pilot in command of the type of powered-lift aircraft being operated.

Chapter 4—Dropping things

4.01  Dropping things over populous areas
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 105.090(1)(c) of CASR, a person undertaking a parachute descent over a populous area may cause a thing to be dropped:
 (a) from the aircraft before the descent; or
 (b) during the descent;
only if permitted by subsection (2).
 (2) The person may cause a paper or fabric streamer, or other like object, to be dropped if the object:
 (a) is used solely as a wind drift indicator; and
 (b) does not have weights attached to it such that the object would create a hazard to another aircraft, a person or property.

4.02  Dropping things other than over populous areas
 (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 105.095(1)(c)(ii) of CASR, a person undertaking a parachute descent other than over a populous area may cause a thing to be dropped:
 (a) from the aircraft before the descent; or
 (b) during the descent;
only if permitted by subsection (2) or (3).
 (2) The person may cause a paper or fabric streamer, or other like object, to be dropped if the object:
 (a) is used solely as a wind drift indicator; and
 (b) does not have weights attached to it such that the object would create a hazard to another aircraft, a person or property.
 (3) The person may cause a thing to be dropped if:
 (a) it is not dangerous goods; and
 (b) the exposition of the ASAO that administers the descent:
 (i) states that the dropping of the thing is permitted; and
 (ii) has the procedures mentioned in subsection 4.03(2); and
 (c) the person has been informed by the drop zone safety officer that the requirements mentioned in subparagraphs 4.03(2)(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) are met in relation to the descent.
Note 1: A person who carries dangerous goods (such as a smoke canister or a flare) for its use during a parachute descent, as permitted under regulation 92.180 of CASR, would not, under paragraph 4.02(3)(a), be permitted to drop the dangerous goods (whether before, during or