In brief - Local and international news about aviation
and road transport
In part two of this issue, we cover local aviation and road
transport news and summarise some interesting aviation and road
transport cases from Australia and around the world which have been
handed down in the last eight months.
Aviation
New regulations for drones
Regulations have recently come into force in Australia to update
the safety regime applicable to remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), a
term which replaces the previous term "unmanned aerial
vehicle", for "drones" as they are more commonly
known.
The Civil
Aviation Legislation Amendment (Part 101) Regulations 2016
establishes a set of standard operating conditions for RPAs, the
categorisation of RPAs according to their weight or, in the case of
airships, envelope capacity and introduces the concept of an
"excluded RPA" in relation to RPA operations which are
considered to be of lower risk. There are reduced
