This instrument is the Civil Aviation Safety Amendment (Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Model Aircraft—Registration and Accreditation) Regulations (No. 2) 2019.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	23 October 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Civil Aviation Safety Amendment (Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Model Aircraft—Registration and Accreditation) Regulations 2019

1 Subsection 2(1) (table item 2)

Repeal the item, substitute:

2. Schedules 1 and 2

The later of:

(a) 1 April 2020; and

(b) if the Minister, before 1 April 2020, by instrument under subsection (2) of this section, determines a day before 1 October 2020—the day so determined.

Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998

2 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of model aircraft stage 1 application day)

Omit “2 March 2020”, substitute “1 March 2022”.

3 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of model aircraft stage 1 application day)

Omit “2 September 2020”, substitute “1 September 2022”.

4 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of model aircraft stage 2 application day)

Omit “29 May 2020”, substitute “30 May 2022”.

5 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of model aircraft stage 2 application day)

Omit “29 November 2020”, substitute “30 November 2022”.

6 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of RPA application day)

Omit “13 December 2019”, substitute “29 June 2020”.

7 Subregulation 202.229(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of RPA application day)

Omit “13 June 2020”, substitute “13 December 2020”.

8 At the end of regulation 202.229

Add:

(3) If the Director, under subregulation (2), determines a day for the purposes of the definition of model aircraft stage 1 application day in subregulation (1) that is later than 1 March 2022 by a particular number of days (the extended number of days), a reference in the definition of model aircraft stage 2 application day in subregulation (1) to a particular date is taken to be a reference to the date that is the extended number of days later.

(4) If the Minister, under subsection 2(2) of the amending Regulations, determines a day for the purposes of item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the amending Regulations that is later than 1 April 2020 by a particular number of days (the extended number of days), a reference in the definition of RPA application day in subregulation (1) to a particular date is taken to be a reference to the date that is the extended number of days later.

9 Subregulation 202.230(1) (note)

Omit “13 December 2019 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “29 June 2020 (or a later day)”.

10 Subregulation 202.230(2) (note)

Omit “2 March 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “1 March 2022 (or a later day)”.

11 Subregulation 202.231(1) (note)

Omit “2 March 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “1 March 2022 (or a later day)”.

12 Subregulation 202.231(2) (note)

Omit “29 May 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “30 May 2022 (or a later day)”.

13 Subregulation 202.231(3) (note)

Omit “13 December 2019 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “29 June 2020 (or a later day)”.

14 Regulation 202.232

Repeal the regulation, substitute:

202.232 Initial periods of registration of aircraft as model aircraft

(1) Subregulation (2) applies if:

(a) an aircraft begins to be registered as a model aircraft under Division 47.C.2 during the period beginning on the model aircraft stage 1 application day and ending on 26 April 2022; and

(b) a certificate of registration is issued for the model aircraft under subparagraph 47.098(2)(b)(i).

(2) Despite subparagraph 47.099(2)(b)(i), the registration of the model aircraft ends in accordance with the following table, unless sooner cancelled:

Initial periods of registration of aircraft as model aircraft
Item	If the aircraft begins to be registered as a model aircraft under Division 47.C.2 during the period …	the registration ends at the end of …
1	between 1 March 2022 and 15 March 2022	29 June 2023
2	between 16 March 2022 and 29 March 2022	22 June 2023
3	between 30 March 2022 and 12 April 2022	15 June 2023
4	between 13 April 2022 and 26 April 2022	8 June 2023

Note 1: The registration of an aircraft as a model aircraft under Division 47.C.2 on or after 27 April 2022, or any later day, generally ends 12 months after the day on which the aircraft begins to be so registered. For example, if an aircraft begins to be so registered on 15 May 2022, the registration generally ends on 14 May 2023. However, this is only the case if the certificate of registration for the model aircraft is issued under subparagraph 47.099(2)(b)(i).

Note 2: A certificate of registration originally issued under subparagraph 47.098(2)(b)(i) for one model aircraft (the original model aircraft) may later be reissued under subregulation 47.099A(2) to include evidence of the registration of an additional model aircraft. The registration of the additional model aircraft ends at the same time as that of the original model aircraft, no matter when the additional model aircraft was registered—see subparagraph 47.099(2)(b)(ii).

(3) If the Director, under subregulation 202.229(2), determines a day for the purposes of the definition of model aircraft stage 1 application day in subregulation 202.229(1) that is later than 1 March 2022 by a particular number of days (the extended number of days), a reference in subregulation (1) or (2) to a particular date is taken to be a reference to the date that is the extended number of days later.

Example: If the day determined under subregulation 202.229(2) is 15 March 2022 (14 days later than 1 March 2022), a reference to a particular date in subregulations (1) and (2) of this regulation is taken to be a reference to the date that is 14 days later than the date expressly mentioned.

15 Regulation 202.463 (note to the definition of model aircraft stage 1 application day)

Omit “2 March 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “1 March 2022 (or a later day)”.

16 Regulation 202.463 (note to the definition of model aircraft stage 2 application day)

Omit “29 May 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “30 May 2022” (or a later day).

17 Regulation 202.463 (note to the definition of RPA application day)

Omit “13 December 2019 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “29 June 2020 (or a later day)”.

18 Regulation 202.464 (note)

Omit “4 November 2019 (or a later day determined by the Minister)”, substitute “1 April 2020 (or a later day): see section 2 of the amending Regulations”.

19 Regulation 202.465 (note 1)

Omit “13 December 2019 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “29 June 2020 (or a later day)”.

20 Subregulation 202.466(1) (note 2)

Omit “2 March 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “1 March 2022 (or a later day)”.

21 Subregulation 202.466(3) (note)

Omit “4 November 2019 (or a later day determined by the Minister)”, substitute “1 April 2020 (or a later day): see section 2 of the amending Regulations”.

22 Subregulation 202.466(5) (note 1)

Omit “29 May 2020 (or a later day determined by the Director)”, substitute “30 May 2022 (or a later day)”.