Civil Aviation Order 95.4 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Sailplanes and Towing Aircraft) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

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 and subregulations 5(1) and (1A) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed S. Campbell] Steven Campbell Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards 28 November 2024 Civil Aviation Order 95.4 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Sailplanes and Towing Aircraft) Instrument 2024

1 Name 1.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 95.4 (Exemptions from CAR and CASR — Sailplanes and Towing Aircraft) Instrument 2024. 1.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 95.4. 1.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to section 95.4 of the Civil Aviation Orders is taken to be a reference to this instrument.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 2 December 2024.

3 Repeal This instrument is repealed at the end of 1 December 2027.

4 Application This Order applies to: (a) a relevant sailplane, being a sailplane that is employed in private operations; and (b) a relevant towing aircraft, being: (i) a powered sailplane that is towing a sailplane or hang glider; or (ii) an aeroplane that is towing a sailplane.

5 Definitions Note In this Order, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Act and the regulations. These include: aircraft flight manual instructions, ASAO, CAR, CASR, employed in private operations, flying training, glider, hang glider, pilot certificate, power-assisted sailplane, powered sailplane, private operation, sailplane, sport aviation body, VMC and VMC criteria. In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears: Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988. administrative rules, in relation to a sport aviation body, means that part of its SAB manual detailing the practices, procedures, instructions and other information by which the sport aviation body performs its approved functions, in accordance with the civil aviation legislation, of administering a relevant sailplane or a person or activity, and includes rules relating to an aircraft's listing and the authorisation of flight crew. automatic ELT has the meaning given by section 26.50 of the Part 91 MOS. CAO 20.18 means the Civil Aviation Order 20.18 – Aircraft equipment – Basic operational requirements, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Flight Operations—Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021. flying instructor authorisation, in relation to a relevant sailplane, means an authorisation, however described, that: (a) is issued to a person (the holder) by a relevant sport aviation body in accordance with the sport aviation body's operational and technical rules; and (b) confers privileges on the holder to conduct flying training in the sailplane. GFA means The Gliding Federation of Australia Inc. GFA Operational Regulations means the regulations prepared by the GFA, and approved by CASA, containing the procedures and instructions necessary to ensure that relevant sailplanes comply with the provisions of CAR and CASR applicable to those sailplanes and with the conditions specified in this Order. glider pilot certificate means a pilot certificate mentioned in subregulation 61.1540(2) of CASR. operational and technical rules: (a) in relation to the GFA, means the GFA Operational Regulations; and (b) in relation to a sport aviation body other than the GFA, means that part of its SAB manual detailing the practices, procedures, instructions and other information by which the sport aviation body ensures the operational and technical safety of relevant sailplanes in accordance with this Order and the civil aviation legislation, and includes rules relating to flight operations, pilot training, airworthiness and governance. Order means Civil Aviation Order. Part 91 MOS means the Part 91 Manual of Standards. pilot authorisation, in relation to a person piloting an aircraft, means: (a) a pilot certificate; and (b) a rating or endorsement issued in accordance with the SAB manual of the relevant sport aviation body that authorises the person operating the aircraft to conduct specified activities in the aircraft. relevant aircraft means a relevant sailplane or a relevant towing aircraft. relevant sailplane: see subparagraph 4(a). relevant sport aviation body, in relation to a relevant aircraft, person or activity means a sport aviation body (other than an ASAO) whose approved function is or includes administering the aircraft, person or activity. relevant towing aircraft: see subparagraph 4(b). SAB manual means the manual prepared by a sport aviation body and approved by CASA from time to time that contains: (a) the sport aviation body's operational and technical rules; and (b) the sport aviation body's administrative rules; and (c) any associated written directives or documents prepared by the sport aviation body. suitable landing area, in relation to a relevant sailplane, means an area in which such an aircraft may be landed without endangering the safety, or damaging the property, of persons unconnected with the operation of the aircraft. survival ELT has the meaning given by section 26.51 of the Part 91 MOS.