CASA EX91/24 – Use of Certain External Load Equipment in SAR and Medical Transport Operations – Exemption Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX91/24 I, steven JAMES campbell, Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160, 11.205 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed S. Campbell] Steven Campbell Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards 20 December 2024 CASA EX91/24 – Use of Certain External Load Equipment in SAR and Medical Transport Operations – Exemption Instrument 2024

1 Name This instrument is CASA EX91/24 – Use of Certain External Load Equipment in SAR and Medical Transport Operations – 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2 Duration This instrument: (a) commences on the day after it is registered; and (b) is repealed at the end of 30 June 2026.

3 Definitions (1) In this instrument: aircraft approved design means: (a) the type design for an aircraft; and (b) any changes to the type design made in accordance with a Part 21 of CASR approval. attachment items means items that are used to attach relevant equipment to a relevant helicopter's winch, hoist system or hook (as applicable), including ropes, carabineers, shackles, and similar items. CASR means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. medical transport operation has the meaning given by the CASR Dictionary. Part 21 of CASR means Part 21 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. Part 133 MOS means the Part 133 (Australian Air Transport Operations — Rotorcraft) Manual of Standards 2020. Part 138 MOS means the Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020. relevant equipment means any article, appliance, part, or material, however described, that: (a) is not part of the aircraft approved design; and (b) is used as part of a SAR operation or a medical transport operation for the purposes of: (i) carrying a person external to a rotorcraft; or (ii) restraining a person inside a rotorcraft at an open door while they operate a winch or carry out similar duties; and (c) is not approved under Part 21 of CASR. relevant helicopter means a rotorcraft used by a relevant operator in a relevant operation. relevant operation means one of the following operations in which the pilot in command of a helicopter carries and uses, or reasonably expects to use, relevant equipment for: (a) a SAR operation; (b) a medical transport operation. relevant operator means the operator of a relevant helicopter in a relevant operation. relevant permission means a written permission, with or without conditions, issued on behalf of CASA by the person occupying, or for the time being holding the position of National Manager, Airworthiness & Engineering, CASA (the National Manager). SAR operation is short for search and rescue operation and has the meaning given by section 1.07 of the Part 138 MOS. working load limit, for relevant equipment, means the maximum load, as applicable, that the manufacturer recommends must not be exceeded. (2) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, other words and phrases have the same meaning as in the Part 133 MOS or the Part 138 MOS, as applicable to the relevant operation. (3) All documents mentioned in, or applied, adopted or incorporated in, this instrument are such documents as are in force from time to time, as applicable.