Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244:reg:5:p218
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01244
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 218/225)
Character Range: 883534–886355

Circular (AC) 139.C.26: Safety management systems for aerodromes, as existing from time to time and freely available on the CASA website.

    (2) The SMS (the first SMS) must be prepared and implemented 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 50 000 or more 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 100 000 or more aircraft movements at the aerodrome in the course of the financial year.

       (3) The SMS must be reviewed, and revised if necessary, not later than 12 months after the first SMS, and the SMS must be reviewed, and revised if necessary, 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 reviews after the deemed first time.

       (5) The operator of an aerodrome with scheduled international air transport operations must have an SMS before such scheduled operations commence.

       (6) The aerodrome operator must ensure that the SMS is:

(a) maintained as a functioning system that is guided and supported by the SMS documentation required by this Chapter; and

(b) commensurate with the size of the aerodrome and the complexity of its activities; and

(c) used to ensure that aviation safety risks associated with the aerodrome's activities are reduced to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable; and

(d) reviewed at least once every 12 months.

25.03 Matters which must be addressed in an SMS

       (1) The SMS must provide for, and include documented details of, the aerodrome operator's:

(a) commitment to, and responsibility for, aerodrome safety; and

(b) safety policy and safety objectives.

       (2) The SMS must provide for, and include documented details of, the safety accountabilities of the aerodrome operator's managers.

       (3) The SMS must provide for, and include documented details of, the aerodrome operator's procedures for the following:

(a) the appointment of safety management personnel;

(b) relevant third-party relationships and interactions;

(c) coordination of an emergency response plan;

(d)