Extract from the document;
202.277A Grant of commercial pilot licence with helicopter category rating on basis of old requirements
(1) An applicant for a commercial pilot licence with a helicopter category rating is taken to meet the requirements of paragraphs 61.580(2)(b), (c) and (d) if the applicant meets the requirements mentioned in paragraphs 5.120(1)(d), (e) and (f) of CAR, as in force immediately before 4 December 2013.
(2) For subregulation (1):
(a) CASA may set and conduct a commercial pilot (helicopter) licence flight test; and
(b) the helicopter syllabus published under regulation 5.59 of CAR, as in force immediately before 4 December 2013:
(i) continues in force; and
(ii) may be amended as if that regulation had not been repealed; and
(c) regulation 5.127 of CAR, as in force immediately before 4 December 2013, continues in force.
(3) This regulation, and the entry for this regulation in the Part 202 table of contents, expire on 4 December 2016 as if they had been repealed by another regulation.
In English, a school may continue conducting training for a CAR Part 5 (CPL only) up until 4th Dec 2016.
Note it is for CPL only. Any PPL student will have to comply with the new reg's. That means schools have to be able to facilitate that training, eg Basic Instruments.
As student change over to the new system, they will have to make the choice of some airplane then some helicopter training towards their 150, or do a PPL exam along the way and private hire as they hour build towards the 150.
Plenty of other stuff in the new amendments, no student pilot licence for example; just hold an ARN, medical and English Lang Prof.
Updates will follow.