(1) This regulation applies in relation to an operator of an aircraft if:
(a) before the main commencement time, the operator applied for a RVSM operational approval under regulation 181L of the old CAR; and
(b) as at the main commencement time, the application has not been finally determined; and
(c) the requirements in paragraphs 181M(1)(a) to (c) of the old CAR would have been satisfied in relation to the aircraft (assuming that regulation 181M had not been repealed by the amending Regulations).
Application taken to be made
(2) At the main commencement time, the application is taken to
have been made under regulation 91.045 for the aircraft to be flown in
RVSM airspace for the purposes of subparagraph 91.655(2)(a)(i).