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ARTICLE · 05 NOVEMBER 2021

Drone Laws: New Registration And Mandatory Reporting Scheme

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In Holman Webb's April 2020 article Drone (UAV) Laws: Focused on Safety or Keeping Australia Back?, we discussed the strict regulations surrounding the use of drone s(aka Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ‘UAVs') within Australia.

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In Holman Webb's April 2020 article Drone (UAV) Laws: Focused on Safety or Keeping Australia Back?, we discussed the strict regulations surrounding the use of drone s(aka Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 'UAVs') within Australia. That article considered the impact of these regulations on Australia's advancement with respect to UAV technology, especially within the agricultural and medical industries.

Since April 2020, the regulations have increased.

The rules for UAVs in Australia are set out in Part 101 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 ('the Regulations'), and are enforced by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority ('CASA') which provides a strict code relating to the use of UAVs.

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