CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.025 Issue of type certificate: restricted category aircraft

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.025

  (1)   An applicant is entitled to a type certificate for an aircraft in the restricted category for one or more of the special purpose operations mentioned in subregulation   (2) if:

  (a)   the aircraft can reasonably be expected to be safe for its intended use when it is operated under any conditions limiting its intended use; and

  (b)   the aircraft:

  (i)   meets the airworthiness requirements of the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter or transport category, except those requirements that CASA considers are inappropriate for the special purpose for which the aircraft is to be used; or

  (ii)   is of a type that has been manufactured in accordance with the requirements of, and accepted for use by, the Defence Force, or an armed force of Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States of America, and has been later modified for the special purpose operation or operations.

  (2)   For subregulation   (1), the special purpose operations are:

  (a)   agricultural operations (for example, spraying, dusting, and seeding, and livestock and feral animal control); and

  (b)   forest and wildlife conservation; and

  (c)   firefighting; and

  (d)   aerial surveying or scientific research (for example, photography, mapping, and oil and mineral exploration); and

  (e)   patrolling (for example, pipelines, power lines, and canals); and

  (f)   weather control and atmospheric research (for example, cloud seeding); and

  (g)   aerial advertising (for example, skywriting, banner towing, airborne signs and public address systems); and

  (h)   glider towing; and

  (i)   target towing; and

  (j)   target designation; and

  (k)   any other operation similar to any of these operations.

Source   FARs section   21.25 modified.