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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 CASA that regulates and administers airspace.
RPAS                              Remotely piloted aircraft system - A remotely piloted aircraft, its associated remote pilot station(s), the required command and control links and any other components as specified in the type design.
SARPs                             Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO).
UTM                               Unmanned Traffic Management – a system that will enable CASA and Airservices, to the extent they are involved, to make available authorisations, real-time information regarding airspace constraints and flight intents available to RPAS operators.
VFR                               Visual Flight Rules – A set of flight rules that assume visibility is good enough to fly with visual reference to the ground.

Referenced Documents

This section provides information on the documents referred to in the AAPS and information on how to access the documents.

Convention on International Civil Aviation

Australia ratified the Convention on International Aviation (1944) (the Chicago Convention) in 1947. The authorised text can be accessed in a number of ways:

     * The Chicago Convention is incorporated as Schedule 1 to the Air Navigation Act 1920 – https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00936

     * The Chicago Convention can be downloaded from the ICAO website – http://www.icao.int/publications/Pages/doc7300.aspx

Article 37 of the Chicago Convention empowers ICAO to adopt Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) in relation to a range of aviation safety issues and other matters concerned with the safety, regularity, and efficiency of air navigation as may from time to time appear appropriate.

The SARPs are promulgated by ICAO in Annexes to the Chicago Convention.  Article 38 requires Contracting States that do not comply with the SARPs to notify a difference to ICAO. Articles 37 and 38 can be viewed at the links above.

Annexes to the Chicago Convention and Procedures for Air Navigation Services

An overview of the Annexes to the Chicago Convention is available here –
http://www.icao.int/safety/airnavigation/NationalityMarks/annexes_booklet_en.pdf

Copies of the Annexes to the Chicago Convention can be obtained:

     * from the ICAO website – https://store.icao.int/annexes.html; or
     * from most public libraries.

Federal Register of Legislation

Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation https://www.legislation.gov.au/Browse/ByTitle/LegislativeInstruments/InForce/0/0/Principal

  o       Airspace Act 2007

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00178

  o       Airspace Regulations 2007

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016C00341

  o       Civil Aviation Act 1988

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C01097

  o       Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00275
Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)

The Australian AIP, and related documents, is available by subscription from Airservices Australia – http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/aip.asp?pg=10