CASA to Licence All Drones.....

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[The Bill imposing levy] makes no mention of 'commercial and professional users'.

Correct.

However...

The levy is payable on applying for registration of an aircraft as an RPA or model aircraft (or under Part 101 MOS for permission to operate a foreign-registered RPA or model aircraft). So if you don’t apply, the levy won’t be payable.

I suspect that initially the registration rules will require only ‘commercial and professional users’ to register RPA and model aircraft. Time will tell whether the registration requirement is extended to reach a broader range of RPA and model aircraft users ...