Overview
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) registered an amendment instrument on 25 March 2026 affecting the conditions placed on flight crew licences for community service flights. The instrument is formally titled the Civil Aviation (Community Service Flights - Conditions on Flight Crew Licences) Amendment Instrument 2026, registered as F2026L00363 and known as CASA 15/26.
Enabling legislation
The instrument was made under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
Duration
The instrument was in force from 25 March 2026 to 12 August 2026, after which it was repealed. The source does not specify the particular changes the instrument made to flight crew licence conditions during that period.
Administering department
The administering department is the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
Key actions
- If you operate or coordinate community service flights and hold a flight crew licence, check whether the repeal of CASA 15/26 (F2026L00363) affects the conditions on your licence by reviewing the current version of the Civil Aviation (Community Service Flights) instrument at legislation.gov.au.
- For questions about how this affects your flight crew licence conditions, contact CASA directly.
- Set up an alert on the Federal Register of Legislation at legislation.gov.au to track any replacement instrument that may have been registered after 12 August 2026.
Where to find the instrument
The full instrument is available on the Federal Register of Legislation at https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026L00363.
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