Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 137.005

  (1)   Subject to this regulation, this Part applies to aerial application operations using aeroplanes.

Operators

  (2)   This Part applies to a person who is applying for an AOC, on or after the commencing day, to authorise the person to undertake application operations.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a person has applied, on or after the application day but before the commencing day, for an AOC to authorise the holder to undertake agricultural operations or purposes substantially similar to agricultural operations; and

  (b)   before the commencing day, the person has not been issued with the AOC;

this Part applies to the person and the application as if:

  (c)   the application had been made on the commencing day; and

  (d)   the application was for an authorisation to undertake application operations.

  (4)   If, on the commencing day, a person holds an AOC that covers agricultural operations or purposes substantially similar to agricultural operations:

  (a)   the person may, after the commencing day, prepare and submit to CASA an operations manual; and

  (b)   this Part applies to the person and the manual as if the person was applying for an AOC on or after the commencing day to authorise the person to undertake application operations.

  (5)   This Part applies on and after the day that falls 12 months after the commencing day to a person who has an AOC that authorises the person to undertake agricultural operations or purposes substantially similar to agricultural operations if:

  (a)   that AOC is in effect on that day; and

  (b)   this Part does not otherwise apply to the person.

Pilots

  (6)   If:

  (a)   a pilot is engaged in an application operation on or after the commencing day; and

  (b)   the pilot is not employed by an operator for that operation;

this Part applies to the pilot for that operation.

  (7)   If:

  (a)   this Part applies to an operator on a particular day; and

  (b)   a pilot employed by the operator undertakes an application operation for the operator on that day;

this Part applies to the pilot for that operation.

  (8)   In this regulation:

"application day" means the day that falls 30 days before the day this Part   commences.

"commencing day" means the day this Part   commences.