CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 NO. 31 

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 NO. 31 
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1.  Commencement  
2.  Amendment  
3.  Regulation 178 (Minimum height for flight under I.F.R.)  


CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 No. 31
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1. Commencement


  1.1 These Regulations commence on gazettal.


CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 No. 31
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2. Amendment


  2.1 The Civil Aviation Regulations are amended as set out in these 
Regulations.


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3. Regulation 178 (Minimum height for flight under I.F.R.)


  3.1 Paragraph 178 (5) (b):
  Omit "during:", substitute "subject to paragraph (ba), during:".

  3.2 After paragraph 178 (5) (b), insert:
  "(ba) during specialised helicopter operations involving:
    (i) an instrument departure procedure; or
    (ii) an instrument approach procedure;
    that is determined by CASA and the document setting out the 
procedure has been served on the aircraft's operator; or".

  3.3 Add at the end:
  "(7) In paragraph (5) (ba):
  'specialised helicopter operations' means helicopter operations that 
involve the carriage of persons or cargo:
  (a) between:
    (i) the coast of Australia and an installation erected on the 
continental shelf of Australia to extract, or explore for, petroleum 
or natural gas; or
    (ii) 2 such installations; or
  (b) to or from the helipad of a hospital, or of a State or 
Territory service (however described) established to provide 
assistance in emergencies.".


CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 No. 31
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*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 March 
1998.


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*2* Statutory Rules 1988 No. 158 as amended by 1988 Nos. 209, 373 
and 376; 1989 Nos. 31 and 276; 1990 Nos. 100, 215, 216, 258, 260, 
289, 310, 331, 332 and 466; Act No. 25, 1990; Statutory Rules 1991 
Nos. 54, 147, 157, 247, 287, 382, 409, 410, 426 and 487 (as amended 
by 1992 No. 174); 1992 Nos. 36, 174, 254, 258, 279, 325, 342, 380, 
417 and 418; 1993 Nos. 221, 268, 319 and 368; 1994 Nos. 93, 173, 
187, 188, 260, 294, 382 and 396; 1995 Nos. 122, 147, 148 and 224; 
1996 No. 88; 1997 Nos. 23, 67, 111, 139 and 220.


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CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 1998 No. 31*1* 
- Dated 4 March 1998