That's funny - we were told the opposite by the CASA guys at the talk last Wednesday night at Archerfield. They said as long as the application is with CASA before the 4th, then it will be processed via the existing rules.
The same thing is happening with CAAP 215. AOC Holders and AOC Applicants who had manuals in the system before the new CAAP came into existence have until March 2016 to upgrade? to the new format.
It now appears that if you want to amend your present OM, you have to change to the new format.
We seem to have as many variations on a theme as we have employees in CASA.