Applying variation to Appendices 2 to 6 of fatigue management rules

Review the minor variation policy and ensure that your proposed application meets the limitations in the policy.

If you wish to proceed with a minor variation application, contact us to arrange a pre-application meeting.

The pre-application meeting is a voluntary meeting at no cost. The purpose of this meeting is to help you understand if a minor variation is the right choice for your organisation.

We will provide information about the process and requirements involved in obtaining a minor variation.

Complete the Fatigue – Limited or Minor Non-Compliance (Minor Variation) application form.

Read the guidelines on the form for assistance.

Send your completed and signed application form and documents:

• email (details in the form)
• mail: GPO Box 2005, Canberra ACT 2601

If submitted online, we will send you an email confirming receipt of your application.

We will review your application to ensure that you have answered the relevant questions and provided all the required documents.

If your application is incomplete, we will contact you.

We will also provide you with a cost estimate of your application fee.

The application fee is based on an hourly rate. We will calculate the number of hours required to assess your application and provide an estimate. We will also tell you if we need any further supporting documents.

The estimate is valid for 30 days from the date we send the estimate. To proceed with your application, you need to:

• pay the amount noted in the estimate letter
• provide any further documents.

We will not assess your application until we have received your payment and supporting documents.

We will carry out a detailed assessment of your application. We may contact you to request changes to limits, mitigations or approval conditions within your application.

Once we have all the required information and have completed assessing your application, we'll give you a recommendation or approval.

If your application is successful, your certificate is sent to you by email and post. We'll reconcile our actual hours against our estimate and let you know if there's any adjustment.

If we've spent less time on your application than initially estimated, we'll send you a refund for those hours along with your certificate.

If you need to pay an additional fee, you must pay any outstanding amount before we send your approval documents.