If they must write the regs to cover all legal possibilities (I'm sifting through draft CASR 161 and its associated 'explanations' as we speak), why don't they produce straight-talking guidebooks or similar to go along with them?
Have a plain language 'what can and can't I do' guide for each main set of rules, with clear disclaimers along the lines of:
'this isn't the regs, it's just a guide, so check the real thing before you act.'
That way, you could be quickly and simply reminded of the basic requirements and directed to the appropriate legislation for further reading, rather than having to sift through miles of garble to ferret out the good gen.
I know CASA make lots of info products, some of which are pretty good, but wouldn't it be great to have concise, clear guides coming from the source of the legislation explaining what they're on about?