CASA EX73/23 — Registration of Exempt Aircraft (Operators, Prospective Owners and Initial Owners) Instrument 2023 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX73/23

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 28 July 2023 CASA EX73/23 — Registration of Exempt Aircraft (Operators, Prospective Owners and Initial Owners) Instrument 2023

1 Name This instrument is CASA EX73/23 — Registration of Exempt Aircraft (Operators, Prospective Owners and Initial Owners) Instrument 2023.

2 Duration This instrument: (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and (b) is repealed at the end of 30 June 2026. Note For the purposes of regulation 11.250 of CASR, the direction in section 9 ceases to be in force at the end of 30 June 2026.

3 Definitions Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: aeroplane, aircraft, Australian air transport operation, Australian Civil Aircraft Register, EASA, FARs and multi‑engine aeroplane. In this instrument: exempt aircraft means a new turbine‑engine aeroplane: (a) to which Part 121 (other than Subpart 121.Z) of CASR applies; and (b) that its manufacturer will operate for production flight testing, customer demonstration flights and other pre‑delivery activities: (i) if the manufacturer is located in the European Union — in a foreign country in the European Union; or (ii) otherwise — in the foreign country in which the aeroplane was manufactured. Note Under subregulation 121.005(1) of CASR, Part 121 (other than Subpart 121.Z) applies to the operation of a multi‑engine aeroplane for an Australian air transport operation if either or both of the following apply in relation to the aeroplane: (a) it has a maximum operational passenger seat configuration of more than 9; (b) it has a maximum take‑off weight of more than 8,618 kg. initial owner means a person: (a) who has purchased an exempt aircraft from its manufacturer; and (b) to whom the manufacturer has transferred ownership of the exempt aircraft. intervening period means the period: (a) beginning when the exempt aircraft is registered in reliance on the exemption in subsection 4(1); and (b) ending immediately before the manufacturer transfers ownership of the exempt aircraft to the initial owner. operator means the operator of an exempt aircraft. prospective owner means a person: (a) who has purchased an exempt aircraft from its manufacturer; and (b) to whom the manufacturer has not transferred ownership of the exempt aircraft. Note An operator may be the same person as, or a different person from, a prospective owner and an initial owner.