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of the manoeuvring area at the aerodrome for which the controller has responsibility; and
(b) the runway strips associated with the areas mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) the parts of any service roads that are within 150 m of a runway for which the controller has responsibility; and
(d) any other parts of the aerodrome movement area for which the controller has responsibility; and
(e) aircraft in flight at, or in the vicinity of, the aerodrome.
Note   See the definition of manoeuvring area in the Act and the Part 139 Manual of Standards. The terms runway strip and movement area are defined in the CASR Dictionary.

 Glare, reflection and noise
       (2) The control tower must be designed, oriented and equipped such that the impacts of glare, reflection and noise on a controller performing duties in the tower are minimised.

 Signal lamp
       (3) The control tower must have the facilities, and access to equipment, necessary to enable white, red and green light signals to be directed from a prominent place on the aerodrome.
Note   Also, subregulation 172.095 (3) of CASR provides that equipment and facilities mentioned in Chapter 6 of Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention must meet the standards of that chapter.

3.04 Detecting movement of departing aircraft at controlled aerodromes

 General application—control towers commissioned after July 2000
       (1) Subsection (4) applies in relation to a control tower for a controlled aerodrome if the control tower was first commissioned after 1 July 2000.

 Delayed application for old control towers—modified runways
       (2) On and after 20 March 2025, subsection (4) applies to a control tower for a controlled aerodrome in relation to a runway at the aerodrome, if:
(a) the control tower is not a tower mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b) the runway is modified after 1 July 2000; and
(c) as a result of the modification, a controller's ability to maintain visual observation of the runway, or to detect the movement of a departing aircraft after the aircraft has commenced its take-off run, has been degraded.

 Delayed application for old towers—new runways
       (3) Also, on and after 20 March 2025, subsection (4) applies to at a control tower for a controlled aerodrome in relation to a runway at the aerodrome, if:
(a) the control tower is not a tower mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b) the runway was first commissioned after 1 July 2000.

 "Five-second" rule
       (4) The control tower must be designed, oriented and equipped to enable a controller to detect the movement of a departing aircraft:
(a) as soon as possible after the aircraft has commenced its take-off run; but
(b) no later than 5 seconds after the take-off run commences.

3.05 Visual surveillance systems providing