Bill,
Perhaps if you plan on having a bit to do with RAAus operations and aeroplanes, and not just VH tailed ones, you might want to have a look at this snippet of the L-A-W, law.
http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/download/orders/cao95/9555.pdf
In particular, the handful of exemptions listed in section 3 and especially the general conditions of those exemptions contained in section 4, where you'll find these little gems at 4.1;
(d) subject to the other conditions set out in this section, the aeroplane must
be operated in accordance with the requirements of the RAA Operations
Manual;
(e) the aeroplane must be maintained in accordance with the maintenance
standards set out in the RAA Technical Manual;
Then crack open the RAAus technical manual to this page;
http://raa.asn.au/techmanual/2-1.pdf
Wow, looky that! The technical manager of RAAus is the go to guy for technical matters about RAA registered aeroplanes. :ah_oh: Who'd have thunked it?! :ne_nau:
'spose I could claim that;
But people might take that as being a bit of an autocrat.