Instrument number CASA 08/16

I, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subparagraph 9B.12 (a) of Civil Aviation Order 20.18 (CAO 20.18) and regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed M. Skidmore]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

20 January 2016

Authorisation and exemption — aircraft operating without ADS-B transmitting equipment and carriage of Mode S transponder equipment (Virgin Australia Regional Airlines)

1 Duration

 This instrument:

(a) commences on 4 February 2016; and

(b) expires at the end of April 2016, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Application

 This instrument applies to the aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 operated by Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 075986 (the operator).

3 Authorisation

 I authorise the operator of an aircraft mentioned in section 2 to operate the aircraft without automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) transmitting equipment.

4 Exemption

 A person using an aircraft mentioned in section 2 at Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth aerodrome is exempt from compliance with paragraph 9E.4 of CAO 20.18 in relation to the requirement to carry a serviceable Mode S transponder.

5 Condition

 A person, who is using an aircraft to which this instrument applies, must ensure that all I.F.R. flight plans for the aircraft in Australian airspace are annotated in Item 18 with “RMK/CASA ADSB EXEMPT” (quotation marks omitted).

Note   If this annotation is not included in a flight plan, the Airservices Australia automated systems will reject the flight plan.

Schedule 1 Aircraft

 An aircraft of an aircraft type mentioned in column 1 with the registration mark in column 2 of an item in the following table: