CASA Media Release - Thursday 17 October 2002
New air safety rules to help industry
A new analysis shows the restructuring of Australia’s aviation regulations will greatly simplify and clarify air safety requirements.
More than 900 civil aviation regulations and orders will be organised into 53 key categories under the new structure of the air safety rules.
This user-friendly approach will make it easier for people in the aviation industry to find the right rules for their operation.
The categories – known as Parts under the new structure – cover areas such as airworthiness, maintenance, licensing, flight rules, air transport operations and aerodromes.
At the moment people working in a small airline or charter business must follow specific rules for their type of operation, which are contained in more than 95 different civil aviation regulations and orders.
Under the new structure all the rules dedicated to small airlines and charter operations will be in a single category – Part 121B.
Large airlines currently follow rules specific to their operations which are located in more than 65 different regulatory areas. These will now be grouped into one category – Part 121A.
General operating and flight rules are now spelt out in at least 95 regulations and orders. These will be located in a single category – Part 91.
CASA’s Acting Director of Aviation Safety, Bruce Gemmell, says the new analysis of the regulatory reform programme is a real eye-opener.
“The proposed new structure has been around for a while but no-one has sat down and looked carefully at it’s impact in this way,” Mr Gemmell says.
“The good news is that the impact is very, very positive. The life of everybody involved in aviation in Australia will be a great deal easier under this simpler, clearer regulatory structure.
“Under the new rules you can go to a clear subject area to look up the regulations and requirements specific to your aviation operations. Naturally, for most people there will still be generally applicable rules that will be contained in other Parts.
“But the bottom-line is that under the new structure it will be easier to find the air safety requirements relevant to your operation.
“Of course, there’s a lot more to the reform of the regulations than just restructuring, however the benefits of this initiative alone are now obvious.”
The New Rules section in the latest issue of 'Flight Safety Australia' has more information on this topic and can be found on the CASA web site at: http://www.casa.gov.au/fsa/2002/sep/55-61.pdf (483Kb Adobe Acrobat file)
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Ref: MR02/57