New Zealand has a very similar system to EASA then, the wording is nearly identical. Visual approaches are requested and approved very frequently into smaller runways..the big airports are often loathe to give you one if traffic is heavy. The rules state to make visual approach at night you need the runway lights in sight..that’s all.
I have a long dormant casa atpl and I agree with everyone above who says the Aussie rules were written by someone with no common sense and who hates trees