CASA EX39/23 – Part 141 operators using a sole instructor – Exemption Instrument 2023 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX39/23 I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160, 11.205 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed P. Spence] Pip Spence Director of Aviation Safety 5 April 2023 CASA EX39/23 – Part 141 operators using a sole instructor – Exemption Instrument 2023

1 Name This instrument is CASA EX39/23 – Part 141 operators using a sole instructor – Exemption Instrument 2023.

2 Duration This instrument: (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and (b) is repealed at the end of 31 March 2026.

3 Application This instrument applies, according to its terms, to the following with respect to Part 141 flight training conducted by an operator or to be conducted by a relevant applicant for a Part 141 certificate: (a) an operator; (b) the operator's chief executive officer; (c) the operator's head of operations; (d) the operator's sole instructor; (e) the relevant applicant.

4 Definitions (1) In this instrument, words and phrases have the same meaning as in Part 141 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR), unless the contrary appears. (2) In this instrument: excluded flight training means authorised Part 141 flight training for any of the following: (a) a flight crew licence category rating; (b) an instrument rating; (c) an instructor rating. operator means a person, whether incorporated or otherwise: (a) who holds a Part 141 certificate (a Part 141 operator); and (b) who: (i) is the sole individual who carries out the authorised Part 141 flight training; or (ii) uses a single individual for the purposes of carrying out the authorised Part 141 flight training. relevant applicant means a person who applies to CASA for a Part 141 certificate with the intention, conveyed to CASA in writing, of being an operator in accordance with this instrument. sole instructor means the individual mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of the definition of operator (as applicable). (3) A reference in this instrument to a numeral with the prefix "141." is a reference to the provision in CASR identified by that numeral.