CASA EX64/24 – Indoor Operation of RPA Near People and BVLOS – Training and Use – Renewal Exemption Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX64/24

I, steven James campbell, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed S. Campbell] Steven Campbell Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards 21 October 2024 CASA EX64/24 – Indoor Operation of RPA Near People and BVLOS – Training and Use – Renewal Exemption Instrument 2024

1 Name of instrument This instrument is CASA EX64/24 – Indoor Operation of RPA Near People and BVLOS – Training and Use – Renewal Exemption Instrument 2024.

2 Duration This instrument: (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and (b) is repealed at the end of 30 September 2025. Note The instrument is still in a training and trial phase and, depending on progress, may be further renewed before or after 30 September 2025.

3 Definitions, etc. (1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears: BVLOS: see subsection (2). CASR means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. documented practices and procedures has the meaning given by the Part 101 Manual of Standards. Note Documented practices and procedures must be approved by CASA. If a further change is required after such an approval has been given, the documented practices and procedures must be reapproved if they are to comply with the definition. emergency service operation has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary. emergency service RPA operation, or ESRO, means an operation by a police force or service involving an RPA that is for: (a) law enforcement purposes using the RPA; or (b) the purpose of saving or protecting persons or property using the RPA. emergency service RPA operator means an RPA operator that is a police force or service which may lawfully conduct an ESRO. ESRO: see the definition of emergency service RPA operation. internal operation means the operation of an RPA within a building, a structure, a naturally occurring space, or another space created by human effort (the internal place) and within 30 m of a person, whether or not it is physically impossible for the RPA to escape and fly away from the internal place if the RPA is no longer under the control of the remote pilot operating the RPA. An internal operation includes a transit operation. internal place has the same meaning as in the definition of internal operation. police force or service means a police force or a police service, for the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, that is: (a) established by or under an Act of the Commonwealth Parliament, the State Parliament or the Territory Legislative Assembly; and (b) the holder of remotely piloted aircraft operator certificate under Part 101 of CASR. police officer means a sworn member of a police force or service. relevant operation means the use of an RPA in an internal operation for the purpose of an ESRO. relevant RPA, or RPA, means a micro RPA, or a very small RPA whose gross weight does not exceed 1 050 g. remote pilot means a police officer, or other person employed or authorised by an ESRO, who: (a) is: (i) the holder of a remote pilot licence; or (ii) a person who is taken to hold a remote pilot licence under subregulation 202.461(3) of CASR; and (b) is the pilot in control of a relevant RPA; and (c) is acting at the direction of their RPA operator in a relevant operation; and (d) has such other qualifications and experience relevant to internal operations as must be specified in the documented practice and procedures of the police force or service. RPA operator means a police force or service, or an emergency service RPA operator, that is the holder of a ReOC. Note But see the exclusions under subsection 4(3). shield means a solid physical barrier (other than a moving vehicle) that: (a) lies between a person and a relevant RPA in flight or in the hover under this instrument; and (b) is not moving or flexing in any direction; and (c) is of such dimensions, structure, strength and substance as to prevent: (i) the RPA from impacting any person; and (ii) any debris resulting from an impact of the RPA with the barrier from impacting any person; and (d) is not likely to lose any of the characteristics mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) during the course of an RPA operation. Note The shield must be appropriate to withstand the particular impact of the RPA that is being operated in the relevant operation. shielded operation means a relevant operation in which no unshielded persons are involved. transit operation means the operation of a relevant RPA, in the open air, solely for the purpose of the RPA: (a) approaching and entering an internal place from a predetermined point; or (b) departing from the internal place to a predetermined point. unshielded person means a person who is not protected by a shield from impact by an RPA in a relevant operation. (2) In this instrument, an RPA is operated beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the person operating the RPA if it is not operated within the visual line of sight of the person. (3) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, terms and expressions that are not otherwise defined in this section, have the same meaning as they have in or under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and its regulations.