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the implementation plan and any associated guidance material are maintained and available to a proponent of an airspace change.

Airspace Reporting

   42.  CASA will provide advice on the major initiatives and priorities of the OAR in its corporate plan including those covering the government's policy objectives outlined in Paragraphs 8 to 14.

   43.  CASA will report to the Minister bi-annually on all locations where the residual airspace risk requires further analysis and examination, including the outcome of completed airspace risk reviews.

   44.  CASA will advise the Minister if it becomes known that the government's policy objectives outlined in Paragraphs 8 to 14 will not be met during the period of 3 years after this statement was made.

     Glossary of Terms

AAPS                              Australian Airspace Policy Statement – Instrument that provides guidance on the administration of Australian airspace.
AFAF                              Australian Future Airspace Framework - A concept for the future design of airspace architecture and solutions in Australian administered airspace (including Performance Based Navigation and considerations for RPAS/Urban Air Mobility operations).
AIP                               Aeronautical Information Publication – Published by Airservices, containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation.
Airservices                       Airservices Australia – Australia's civilian air navigation service provider.
ATC                               Air Traffic Control – Service provided by ground-based controllers to maintain a safe distance between aircraft and obstacles, within a confined airspace and on the airport surface.
ATM                               Air Traffic Management – Includes ATC, airspace management and air traffic flow management.
Australian-administered airspace  Australian-administered airspace, for this statement, means:
                                      -          the airspace over Australian territory; and
                                      -          airspace that has been allocated by ICAO under the Chicago Convention and for which Australia has accepted responsibility.
CASA                              Civil Aviation Safety Authority – Australia's civil aviation safety regulator.
Chicago Convention                Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944).
Defence                           Department of Defence – Australian Defence Force airspace interests are not limited to the Royal Australian Air Force but Defence airspace interests are usually represented by the Chief of Air Force.
Environment protection            Meaning, as far as practicable, that airspace should be administered in a manner that contributes to the protection of
                                  the environment, including for example the minimisation of noise, gaseous emissions and other environmental issues. If it will have a significant impact, CASA will consider the application of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
FRL                               Federal Register of Legislation – An electronic repository and authoritative source of Commonwealth legislative instruments, explanatory statements and compilations.
ICAO                              International Civil Aviation Organization – United Nations agency which oversees international air navigation.
IFR                               Instrument Flight Rules – A set of flight rules that assume the visibility conditions are such that instruments must be used to assist with flying.
OAR                               Office of Airspace Regulation – Operational unit within