Repealed flight operations legislation

When the new flight operations regulations became effective on 2 December 2021 we repealed or cancelled a large number of:

• Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR)
• Civil Aviation Orders (CAO)
• Civil Aviation Advisory Publications (CAAP).

These items no longer appear on the CASA website. You can find them on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) repealed on 2 December 2021

The full list of changes for the CAR can be found in Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (Flight Operations—Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.

• Part 1 of CAR - Preliminary
  • Subregulation 2(1) - Repeal some definitions (including the notes)
  • Subregulations 2(3) to (8), (10) and (11)
• Part 2 of CAR - Administration and organisation
  • Regulations 6 and 6A
• Part 5 of CAR - Balloon flight crew licensing
  • Division 5.11
  • Subparagraphs 5.138(2)(b)(iii) and (iv)
  • Subregulations 5.138(3)
  • Subregulations 5.143(1) (note)
• Part 7 of CAR - Navigation logs
• Part 8 of CAR - Radio systems for use in, or in connection with, aircraft
• Part 9 of CAR - Aerodromes
  • Division 8 - Regulations 92 and 92A
  • Division 9 - Regulations 96
• Part 10 of CAR - Air Traffic Services and other services
  • Division 1 - Regulations 99AA, 99A, 100 and 101
  • Divisions 2 and 3
• Part 11 of CAR - Conditions of flight
• Part 12 of CAR - Rules of the air Part
• Part 13 of CAR - Signals for the control of air traffic
• Part 14 of CAR - Air service operations
  • Division 1A
  • Division 1 - Regulations 207 to 209, 210B
  • Division 2 – Regulations 215 to 222
  • Division 3
  • Regulations 222A to 224
  • Regulations 225 to 234A
  • Subregulations 235(2) to (13)
  • Regulations 235A to 248
  • Division 4 – Regulations 248A to 260
  • Division 5
  • Division 6 - Regulations 262AL and 262AO to 262AS
• Part 17 of CAR - Penal provisions and prosecutions
  • Regulation 286
• Part 19 of CAR - Miscellaneous
  • Subregulation 297A(1) (table items 24 to 30)
  • Subregulation 298A(8) (paragraph (b) of the definition of certificate); 
  • Regulations 309, 309A, 
• Part 20 of CAR - Transitional provisions
  • 311, 323AA, 323A, 324 and 332

Civil Aviation Orders (CAO) repealed on 2 December 2021

• CAO 20.2 - Air service operations - Safety precautions before flight
• CAO 20.3 - Air service operations - Marshalling & parking of aircraft
• CAO 20.4 - Provision & use of oxygen & protective breathing equipment
• CAP 20.6 - Continuation of flight with 1 or more engines inoperative
• CAO 20.7.0 - AEROPLANE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS — GENERAL (02/12/2004)
• CAO 20.7.1 - Aeroplane weight limitations - Aeroplanes above 5 700kg - All operations (piston-engined)
• CAO 20.7.1B - Aeroplane weight & performance limitations - Aeroplanes above 5 700kg - All operations (turbine & piston-engined)
• CAO 20.7.2 - Aeroplane weight & performance limitations - Aeroplanes not above 5 700 kg - Regular public transport operations
• CAO 20.7.4 - Aeroplane weight and performance limitations — aeroplanes not above 5 700 kg — private, aerial work (excluding agricultural) and charter operations (02/12/2004)
• CAO 20.9 - Air service operations - Precautions in refuelling, engine and ground radar operations
• CAO 20.10 - Hot refuelling - Helicopters
• CAO 20.10.1 - Hot refuelling - Turbine engine aeroplane engaged in aerial work or private operations
• CAP 20.11 - Emergency & life saving equipment & passenger control in emergencies
• CAO 20.13 - Air service operations - Cockpit check systems
• CAO 20.16.1 - Loading - General
• CAO 20.16.2 - Air service operations - Loading - General
• CAO 20.16.3 - Air service operations - Carriage of persons
• CAO 20.17 - Air service operations - Use of military aerodromes by civil aircraft
• CAO 20.18 - (Aircraft equipment — basic operational requirements) Instrument 2014
• CAO 20.21 - Instrument 2015
• CAO 20.22 - Taxiing of aircraft by persons other than licensed pilots
• CAO 20.91 - (Instructions and directions for performance-based navigation) Instrument 2014
• CAO 29.2 - Air service operations - Night flying training
• CAO 29.3 - Air service operations - Aeroplanes engaged in agricultural operation - Night aerial spraying
• CAO 29.4 - Air displays
• CAO 29.5 - Air service operations - Miscellaneous dropping of articles from aircraft in flight
• CAO 29.6 - Air service operations - Helicopter external sling load operations
• CAO 29.10 - Air service operations - Aircraft engaged in aerial stock mustering operations - Low flying permission
• CAO 29.11 - Air service operations - Helicopter winching & rappelling operations
• CAO 52.1 - Use of airspace - Directions under r 99AA about the use of class A airspace
• CAO 95.7 - Exemption from the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - Helicopters
• CAO 95.7.2 - Exemption of helicopters engaged in rappelling sling load or winching operations from compliance with certain flight manual limitations
• CAO 95.7.3 - Exemption of certain helicopters engaged in transferring marine pilots from compliance with subregulation 174B(2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations
• CAO 95.9 - Exemption of Australian aeroplanes from compliance with certain provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - Demonstration flights outside Australia
• CAO 95.20 - Exemption from the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - Operation of military (State) aircraft by civilian flight crew
• CAO 95.22 - Exemption from the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - Float planes operating in prescribed access lanes
• CAO 95.23 - Exemption from subregulations 178(1) & (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - For offshore & coastal surveillance & search & rescue operations
• CAO 95.26 - Exemption from subregulations 178(1) & (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 - For trial operations of supply dropping of search & rescue (SAR) stores at night
• CAO 108.26 - System specification - Oxygen systems

Civil Aviation Advisory Publications (CAAP) cancelled on 2 December 2021

• CAAP 155-1 - Aerobatics
• CAAP 157-1 - Balloon flight over populous areas
• CAAP 166-01 - Operations in the vicinity of non-controlled aerodromes
• CAAP 166-02 - Pilots’ responsibility for collision avoidance in the vicinity of non-controlled aerodromes using ‘see-and-avoid’
• CAAP 174-01 - Night vision imaging - helicopters
• CAAP 178-1 - Non-precision Approaches (NPA) & Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV)
• CAAP 179A-1 - Guidelines for navigation using GNSS
• CAAP 20.4-01 - Supplemental Oxygen Requirements for Cabin Crew Members in Pressurised Aircraft Above Flight Level 250
• CAAP 215-1 - Guide to the preparation of operations manuals
  • Annex A to CAAP 215-1 - Policy Procedures
  • Annex B to CAAP 215-1 - Aircraft Operations
  • Annex C to CAAP 215-1 - Aerodromes and Routes
  • Annex D to CAAP 215-1 - Training and Checking
  • Annex E to CAAP 215-1(3.2) - List of Headings
• CAAP 217-1 - CAR 217 Flight Crew-Training and checking organisations
• CAAP 233-1 - Electronic Flight Bags
• CAAP 234-1 - Guidelines for aircraft fuel requirements
  • Annex A to CAAP 234-1 - Sample fuel calculations – Single-engine piston aeroplane (Cessna 210)
  • Annex B to CAAP 234-1 - Sample fuel calculations – Multi-engine turboprop aeroplane (Beechcraft B200)
  • Annex C to CAAP 234-1 - Sample fuel calculations – Multi-engine turbojet aeroplane (Learjet 60)
• CAAP 235-05 - New performance provisions for CAO 20.7.1B and CAO 20.7.4
• CAAP 235-1 - Standard passenger and baggage weights
• CAAP 235-2(2) - Carriage and restraint of small children in aircraft
• CAAP 235-3 - RPT operations in multiengine aeroplanes with MTOW not above 5700kg - aeroplane weight and performance limitations
• CAAP 235-4 - Guidelines for the Consideration and Design of: Engine Out SID (EOSID) and Engine Out Missed Approach Procedures
• CAAP 235A-1 - Minimum Runway Width – for aeroplanes engaged in RPT and Charter operations with a maximum take-off weight greater than 5700 kg
• CAAP 253-02 - Passenger safety information: Guidelines on content and standard of safety information to be provided to passengers by aircraft operators
• CAAP 253-1 - Ditching
• CAAP 257-EX-02 - Conduct of practice autoland operations
• CAAP 89W-1 - Guidelines on provision of obstacle information for take-off flight planning purposes
• CAAP 92-1 - Guidelines for aeroplane landing area
• CAAP 92-3 - Guidelines for manned balloon launching and landing areas
• CAAP 92A-1 - Guidelines on aerodromes intended for small aeroplanes conducting RPT operations
• CAAP SMS-01 - Safety Management Systems for Regular Public Transport Operations
• CAAP SMS-2 - Integration of Human Factors (HF) into Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• CAAP SMS-3 - Non-Technical Skills Training and Assessment for Regular Public Transport Operations
  • Appendix A to CAAP SMS-3 - Developing a Non‐Technical Skills Training Program: A Case Study Approach
  • Appendix B to CAAP SMS-3 - Enhancing Performance in High Risk Environments – Recommendations for the use of Behavioural Markers
  • Appendix C to CAAP SMS-3 - Example of a high capacity airline’s non‐technical skills assessment
• CAAP SMS-4 - Guidance on the establishment of a Flight Data Analysis Program (FDAP) - Safety Management Systems (SMS)

Advisory Circulars (AC) cancelled on 2 December 2021

• AC 91U-02 - Required Navigation Performance 10 (RNP 10) - Operational Certificate
• AC 91U-03 - Required Navigation Performance 4 (RNP 4) - Operational Certificate