Well...
Provided the pilot hirer is an 'eligible person', the registration holder can appoint the pilot hirer to be the 'registered operator'. Then the registration holder must give notice of the appointment to CASA within 14 days of the appointment, in accordance with CASR 47.100. And when the pilot gets back on Monday, the registration holder will presumably then cancel the appointment of the pilot hirer to be 'registered operator' of the aircraft and give CASA notice of that cancellation with in 14 days.
Meanwhile, in the real world...
That won't happen and, in any event, doesn't really help for present purposes. The exclusion from the definition of 'passenger transport operation' that you quoted, which exclusion turns on the registered operator being an individual, only applies if that individual is carried as a passenger.
The other exclusion which turns on the registered operator being an individual does not permit the carriage of any passengers.
You need to read the definitions very carefully.
Last edited by Clinton McKenzie; 19th Feb 2023 at 01:50.