Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244:reg:5:p170
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 170/225)
Character Range: 756572–759394

must be conducted by a person with sound knowledge and experience of the civil aviation safety legislation applicable to the inspection, reporting, operation and maintenance of aerodromes.

Note   CASA recommends that the technical inspectors are trained in, or are familiar with, auditing techniques.

       (3) Records of qualifications and relevant experience held by a person or persons conducting an aerodrome technical inspection must be:

(a) maintained as part of the aerodrome manual; or

(b) included in the report for the aerodrome technical inspection.

       (4) For subsections (1) and (2), the demonstrable, relevant technical experience of a person must be:

(a) maintained as part of the aerodrome manual; or

(b) included in the report for the aerodrome technical inspection.

12.11 Annual aerodrome manual validation and report

       (1) For an aerodrome that, in the course of a financial year, has:

(a) less than 10 000 air transport passenger movements; or
(b) less than 20 000 aircraft movements;

        an aerodrome manual validation (a validation) must be carried out.

    (2) The first validation must be carried out not later than 12 months after:

(a) for paragraph (1) (a) — the date of publication, by the Department, of the air transport passenger movement numbers indicating that, for the first time under this MOS, there have been less than 10 000 air transport passenger movements for the aerodrome for the financial year; or
(b) for paragraph (1) (b) — the date the aerodrome operator becomes aware of information indicating that, for the first time under this MOS, there have been less than 20 000 aircraft movements at the aerodrome in the course of the financial year.

       (3) The second validation must be carried out not later than 12 months after the first validation, and the validation must be carried out at least once every 12 months thereafter.

       (4) If paragraph (2) (a) or (2) (b):

(a) applied to an aerodrome operator; and
(b) subsequently ceased to apply to the operator; and
(c) subsequently would have applied to the operator again if such application were deemed to be for the first time under this MOS;
        then:
(d) the paragraph applies to the operator as if it were for the first time under this MOS (the deemed first time); and
(e) subsection (3) applies to the operator for the second and subsequent technical inspection programs after the deemed first time.

       (5) Parts of a validation may be carried out at different times from the other parts provided that all parts of the validation are completed within the interval for the validation provided for by this section.

       (6) Despite anything else in this section, if an aerodrome serviceability inspection identifies a defect or deficiency mentioned in paragraph (8) (a), (b)