Notice of Proposed Rule Making – NPRM 0703SS

Drug and Alcohol Testing Programme for the Aviation Industry - Proposed Part 99 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR)

The objective of this proposal is to twofold:

create legislation to enable CASA to require certain aviation industry participants to have in place a drug and alcohol management plan in the interests of the safety of air navigation.
proposed regulations will also allow for the random testing of personnel undertaking safety-sensitive aviation activities for alcohol and specified drugs.

Introduction by regulation of a Drug and Alcohol Testing Programme for personnel undertaking safety-sensitive aviation activities in the Australian aviation industry, with DAMPS to be managed by industry, and audited by CASA, and an independent random testing regime managed by CASA;
That regulations should give effect to the proposal as described in section 2.4 of this NPRM - safety sensitive aviation activities;
That regulations should give effect to the proposal as described in section 2.5 of this NPRM - testable drugs.

Comment period now closed

Contact Mike Higgins, Drug and Alcohol Project Manager