This is CAR 322 as it was on 10th August 2002
AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA is running a
comprehension contest for its members in relation
to this Regulation. If you can work out what it
means and how you comply with it submit your entry
to Jim "Chainsaw" Dawson on jdawson@airsafety.com.au
Everyone who gets the right answer shall be
entitled to put the prestigious letters BSDNBTB
after his or her name. The person who gives
the best explanation of why the TAFM (Traditional
Australian Flight Manual) was banned will receive
the distinguished "Big Bridge for Sale -
Cheap" award.
Only members of AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA,
Professors of Jurisprudence, Judges of the High
Court, Members of the Federal Parliament and the
Director of CASA are eligible to
enter. Chainsaw's decision is
final. No purchase necessary.
Conditions apply.
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS
1988
- REG 322
Transitional: changes to flight manuals for
Australian
aircraft
- (1)
- Subregulations (4) and (5) apply to the
holder of the certificate of registration for
an Australian aircraft for which a flight
manual has been issued if:
- (a)
- the aircraft's manufacturer, or the holder
of the type certificate to which the
aircraft conforms, gave an instruction,
before the commencement of this regulation,
to the effect that a change must be made to
the manual; and
- (b)
- the change has been approved by CASA or
the relevant NAA for the aircraft.
Note For relevant
NAA see subregulation 2 (1).
- (2)
- Subregulations (4) and (5) also apply to the
holder of the certificate of registration for
an Australian aircraft for which a flight
manual has been issued if:
- (a)
- a modification that conforms to a
supplemental type certificate applying to
the aircraft, or an aircraft component
fitted to the aircraft, was carried out,
before the commencement of this regulation,
on the aircraft or aircraft component; and
- (b)
- the holder of the supplemental type
certificate gave an instruction, before the
commencement of this regulation, to the
effect that a change must be made to the
manual because of the modification; and
- (c)
- the change has been approved by CASA or
the NAA that issued the supplemental type
certificate.
Note For NAA see
the Dictionary at the end of CAR 1998.
- (3)
- Subregulations (4) and (5) also apply to the
holder of the certificate of registration for
an Australian aircraft for which a flight
manual has been issued if:
- (a)
- a modification that does not conform to a
supplemental type certificate was carried
out, before the commencement of this
regulation, on the aircraft or an aircraft
component fitted to the aircraft; and
- (b)
- CASA or an authorised person approved the
design of the modification under regulation
35; and
- (c)
- CASA or the authorised person gave an
instruction in writing, before the
commencement of this regulation, to the
effect that a change must be made to the
manual because of the modification.
- (4)
- The certificate holder must make the change
to the aircraft's flight manual:
- (a)
- for an aircraft with a certificate of
airworthiness in the transport category:
- (i)
- if under regulation 55 a change to the
aircraft's flight manual is required to be
made before 16 August 2000 — before
the change under regulation 55 is made to
the manual; or
- (ii)
- in any other case — before 16
August 2000; or
- (b)
- for any other aircraft:
- (i)
- if under regulation 55 a change to the
aircraft's flight manual is required to be
made before 16 August 2002 — before
the change under regulation 55 is made to
the manual; or
- (ii)
- in any other case — before 16
August 2002.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
- (5)
- If the certificate holder makes a change to
the aircraft's flight manual under
subregulation (4), the holder must tell CASA,
in an approved form, about the details of the
change within 48 hours after the aircraft is
flown for the first time after the change is
made.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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