Civil Aviation Order 95.54 (Part 131 Recreational Activity and Specialised Balloon Operations) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

I, Philippa Jillian spence, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 5 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and 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 November 2024 Civil Aviation Order 95.54 (Part 131 Recreational Activity and Specialised Balloon Operations) Instrument 2024

Contents Page

PART 1 PRELIMINARY 1 Name of instrument 2 Commencement 3 Table of Contents 4 Application 5 Definitions PART 2 RELEVANT PERMITS 6 Flight crew licence not required 7 Application for, and grant of, a relevant permit PART 3 RELEVANT ENDORSEMENTS 8 Application for, and grant of, a relevant endorsement PART 4 EXEMPTIONS 9 Exemption — pilot maintenance on relevant aircraft 10 Exemptions — Part 131 pilot authorisation PART 5 CONDITIONS ON EXEMPTIONS 11 General conditions 12 Particular conditions PART 6 DIRECTION 13 Part 131 recreational activity

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

1 Name of instrument (1) This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.54 (Part 131 Recreational Activity and Specialised Balloon Operations) Instrument 2024. Note This instrument is a modified and expanded remake of Civil Aviation Order 95.54 (Part 131 Recreational Activity and Specialised Balloon Operations) Instrument 2021. That CAO self-repealed at the end of 11 November 2024. (2) This Order may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.54 or CAO 95.54. (3) A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to Section 95.54 of the Civil Aviation Orders is taken to be a reference to this CAO.

2 Commencement This instrument: (a) commences on 12 November 2024; and (b) is repealed at the end of 11 November 2027.