CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.114 Solo flights--medical requirements for student pilots

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.114

  (1)   Subregulation (2) applies to:

  (a)   the conduct of a solo flight in an aircraft other than a recreational aircraft; or

  (b)   the conduct of a solo flight in a recreational aircraft under the VFR at night.

  (2)   A student pilot is authorised to conduct the flight only if:

  (a)   the student pilot:

  (i)   holds a class 1 or 2 medical certificate; and

  (ii)   carries the medical certificate on the flight; or

  (b)   the student pilot:

  (i)   holds a medical exemption for the flight; and

  (ii)   carries a copy of the exemption on the flight.

  (3)   Subregulation (4) applies to the conduct of a solo flight in a recreational aircraft by day, other than by the holder of a recreational pilot licence.

  (4)   A student pilot is authorised to conduct the flight only if:

  (a)   the student pilot:

  (i)   holds a class 1 or 2 medical certificate; and

  (ii)   carries the medical certificate on the flight; or

  (b)   the student pilot:

  (i)   holds a current recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate; and

  (ii)   meets the requirements mentioned in subregulation   (5); or

  (c)   the student pilot:

  (i)   holds a medical exemption for the flight; and

  (ii)   carries a copy of the exemption on the flight.

  (5)   For subparagraph   (4)(b)(ii), the requirements are as follows:

  (a)   the student pilot must have:

  (i)   given CASA a copy of his or her recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate; and

  (ii)   received from CASA a written acknowledgement of the receipt of the copy;

  (b)   the student pilot must carry both of the following on the flight:

  (i)   a copy of the certificate;

  (ii)   a copy of the acknowledgement mentioned in subparagraph   (a)(ii);

  (c)   the student pilot must comply with any limitations or conditions stated on the certificate;

  (d)   the student pilot must meet the modified Austroads medical standards.

Note:   For when a person meets the modified Austroads medical standards, see regulation   67.262.

  (6)   In this regulation:

"current" : a recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate for a student pilot is current for the shortest of the following periods:

  (a)   the period beginning on the day the certificate is signed by the medical practitioner and ending 24 months after that day;

  (b)   if, when the student pilot conducts a solo flight the student pilot is at least 65--the period beginning on the day the certificate is signed by the medical practitioner and ending 12 months after that day;

  (c)   if the certificate states the period for which it applies--the period beginning on the day the certificate is signed by the medical practitioner and ending at the end of the stated period.