Instrument number CASA EX08/09

I, michael david quinn, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed M.D. Quinn]

Mick Quinn
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Operations

5 March 2009

Exemption  CASR Part 99 DAMP requirements for foreign aircraft AOC holders

1 Commencement

 This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 22 March 2010.

2 Application to organisations

 (1)Subject to subsection (2), sections 3 and 4 and Schedule 1 of this instrument apply to the holder of a foreign aircraft AOC (the organisation) who is:

(a) engaged in international air navigation; and

(b) not engaged in domestic air navigation in Australia.

 (2)The exemption provided for by section 3 of this instrument does not apply to the organisation until it has complied with condition 1 in Schedule 1.

3 Exemption from DAMP requirements

 The organisation is exempt from compliance with Subpart 99.B of CASR 1998.

4 Conditions

 The exemption in section 3 is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

5 Application to donors

 Section 6 of this instrument applies to an organisation employee who is:

(a) performing, or available to perform, an applicable SSAA; and

(b) asked by CASA for a body sample under Subpart 99.C of CASR 1998.

6 Exemption from DAMP identity requirements

 The employee is exempt from compliance with subregulation 99.325 (1) of CASR 1998 if he or she produces the photographic identification issued by the organisation:

(a) immediately; or

(b) within 1 hour of being asked for identification.

Schedule 1 Conditions

 1The organisation must notify CASA in writing of the name, title and contact details, including emergency contact details, of a senior person in the organisation (the contact) with whom CASA may liaise in relation to a donor.

 2If an organisation employee is:

(a) performing, or available to perform, an applicable SSAA for an organisation; and

(b) unable to produce to an approved tester photographic identification of the kind mentioned in:

 (i) subregulation 99.125 (3) of CASR 1998; or

 (ii) section 6 of this instrument;

 the organisation must provide CASA with the employee’s name, date of birth, address both inside and outside Australia where applicable, and telephone number both inside and outside Australia.

 3Despite not having a DAMP, the organisation must, as far as practicable, comply with the spirit and intent of the requirements in regulation 99.065 of CASR 1998 by preventing an employee from performing, or being available to perform, an applicable safety-sensitive aviation activity (SSAA) in any circumstance mentioned in those regulations.

 4If an organisation prevents an employee from performing, or being available to perform, an applicable SSAA, the organisation must ensure that the employee does not perform, and is not available to perform, SSAA for the organisation inside Australian territory until:

(a) the circumstances mentioned in regulation 99.070 of CASR 1998 have occurred; and

(b) the person is approved by a CASA medical review officer to perform the SSAA.

 5If an organisation prevents an employee from performing, or being available to perform, an applicable SSAA but before the employee is approved by a CASA medical review officer to perform an SSAA for the organisation, the employee ceases to be a regular SSAA employee of the organisation (cessation), the organisation must notify CASA, as soon as practicable after the cessation, of the employee’s:

(a) name, and ARN if applicable; and

(b) address inside and outside Australia, as applicable; and

(c) date of cessation; and

(d) current or proposed employment if known.