Notification and registration of excluded RPA before first operation

Verified from official sources
Part 101 (Unmanned Aircraft and Rockets) Manual of Standards 2019 (compilation 10, 2024-04-30) 10.14Version 2Effective -Verified 28 August 2026

In plain language

Before you fly a very small, small, or medium excluded drone for the first time, you must register it online using your myCASA account. This registration serves as the required notification to CASA.

Requirement as structured

Before the first operation of a very small, small, or medium excluded RPA, the operator does notify CASA by registering the RPA online through their myCASA account.

Original regulatory text

(1) This section applies for any of the following that is an excluded RPA mentioned in subregulation 101.371 (1): (a) a very small RPA; (b) a small RPA; (c) a medium RPA. (2) For subregulation 101.372 (1) of CASR: (a) a person’s use of their myCASA account and the CASA RPA online registration process to register an excluded RPA is the form and manner hereby approved by CASA for CASA to be notified before the first operation of the excluded RPA; and (b) registration of the excluded RPA is taken to be such notification.

Applies when

operation
excluded RPA
max mtom kg
150