Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Aviation Domain
Laws and
Regulations
- SAFETY
- Civil Aviation Act 1988
- Aim: "to establish a regulatory
framework for maintaining, enhancing
and promoting the safety of civil
aviation, with particular emphasis on
preventing aviation accidents and
incidents" (Civil Aviation Act 1988 (Cth), p. 11)
- This act establishes the
Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA)
- CASA provides specialist skills to
investigate complex matters
that may result in a variety of
outcomes, including referral to
the Department of Public
Prosecutions, and may also issue
infringement notices (CASA 2015)
- CASA licences pilots, ground
crew, aircraft and airfield
operators; and is responsible
for enforcing safety
requirements under the
Commonwealth Civil Aviation
Act 1988 and the Air
Navigation Act 1920
- Civil Aviation Regulations 1988
- Administration & Organisation
- Airworthiness Requirements
- Maintenance
- Defect Reporting
- Flight Manuals
- Identification/Data
- Crewing Requirements
- INVESTIGATIONS
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is
Australia's national transport safety investigator.
The ATSB is the federal government body
responsible for investigating transport-related
accidents and incidents within Australia
(Australian Government 2015).
- ATSB was created by the Transport
Safety Investigation Act 2003 (Cth).
- Functions of the ATSB (Transport Safety
Investigation Act 2003, Cth p. 14)
- Receiving and assessing reports
- Independently investigating transport safety matters
- Identifying factors that contribute to/affect transport safety matters
- Communicating those factors to the transport industry
- Reporting publicly on those investigations
- Conducting public educational programs
- OPERATIONS
- Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
- Aim: "to establish a regulatory
framework to safeguard against unlawful
interference with aviation" (Aviation
Transport Security Act 2004 (Cth), p. 2)
- Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005
- Transport Security Programs
- Airport Areas and Zones
- Other Security Measures
- Powers of Officials
- Security Identification
- Enforcement
- Methods of Review