This is not an official version (but it is an accurate copy of what appeared on the CASA website).
54 Meaning of
flight manual(1) The
flight manual, for an aircraft, is:(a) if a flight manual for the aircraft was given to the aircraft owner
under regulation 21.5 of CAR 1998 — that flight manual; or
(b) in any other case — any manual or other document (not being a
placard) that must, under the relevant airworthiness standards for
the aircraft, be provided with the aircraft and contain the
following information and instructions about the aircraft:
(i) the limitations within which, under the relevant
airworthiness standards, it is considered airworthy;
(ii) any other information, and any instructions, necessary for
its safe operation.
(2) However, if a change has been made to the flight manual under
regulation 55, a reference in a provision other than this regulation to
the
flight manual is a reference to the flight manual as changed.