CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.405 Limitations on exercise of privileges of pilot licences--medical requirements--recreational pilot licence holders
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 61.405
Limitations on exercise of privileges of pilot licences--medical requirements--recreational pilot licence holders(1) The holder of a recreational pilot licence is authorised to exercise the privileges of the licence only if:
(a) the holder also holds a current class 1 or 2 medical certificate; or
(b) the holder:
(i) also holds a current recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate; and
(ii) meets the requirements mentioned in subregulation (2); or
(c) the holder also holds a medical exemption for the exercise of the privileges of the licence.
(2) For subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the requirements are as follows:
(a) the holder must have:
(i) given CASA a copy of the holder's recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate; and
(ii) received from CASA a written acknowledgement of the receipt of the copy;
(b) while exercising the privileges of the licence in an aircraft, the holder must carry both of the following on the aircraft:
(ii) the acknowledgement mentioned in subparagraph (a)(ii);
(c) the holder must comply with any limitations or conditions stated on the certificate;
(d) the holder must meet the modified Austroads medical standards.
Note: For when a person meets the modified Austroads medical standards, see regulation 67.262.
"current" : a recreational aviation medical practitioner's certificate for the holder of a recreational pilot licence is current for the shortest of the following periods:
(a) the period beginning on the day the certificate was signed by the medical practitioner and ending 24 months after that day;
(b) if, when the holder exercises the privileges of the licence, the holder is at least 65--the period beginning on the day the certificate was 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 was signed by the medical practitioner and ending at the end of the stated period.
Note: A licence holder must not exercise the privileges of his or her
licence during any period of temporary medical unfitness that could render the
holder unable to exercise those privileges safely: see regulation
67.270.