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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

15: Director may require or carry out safety and security inspections and monitoring

You could also call this:

"Director can check safety and security for aviation activities"

The Director of Civil Aviation can ask you to have safety and security checks if you have an aviation document or an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges. They can also do this if you work with aircraft, air traffic services, or anything related to aviation. This includes people who test pilots or check if they're healthy enough to fly.

The Director can carry out these checks themselves for anyone involved in aviation. They can also do checks in Australia for people who have a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges.

If the Director is checking on you, they can ask you to give them information that they think is important for the check.

For people with an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges, the Director can only do checks if CASA (the Australian aviation authority) asks them to.

The Director does all of this to make sure that civil aviation is safe and secure.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

15Director may require or carry out safety and security inspections and monitoring

  1. The Director may in writing require any person who—

  2. holds an aviation document or an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges; or
    1. operates, maintains, or services, or does any other act in respect of any aircraft, aeronautical product, aviation related service, air traffic service, or aeronautical procedure; or
      1. is designated as an aviation examiner or medical examiner under Part 2A,—
          1. to undergo or carry out such inspections and such monitoring as the Director considers necessary in the interests of civil aviation safety and security.

        1. In the case of an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges, the Director may only carry out inspections and monitoring at the request of CASA.

        2. The Director may, in respect of any person described in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1), carry out such inspections and monitoring as the Director considers necessary in the interests of civil aviation safety and security.

        3. The Director may, in respect of a holder of a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges, carry out in Australia any inspections and monitoring that the Director considers necessary in the interests of civil aviation safety.

        4. For the purposes of any inspection or monitoring carried out in respect of any person under subsection (2), the Director may in writing require from that person such information as the Director considers relevant to the inspection or the monitoring.

        Notes
        • Section 15: substituted, on , by section 8(1) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 91).
        • Section 15(1)(a): amended, on , by section 9(1) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
        • Section 15(1)(b): amended, on , by section 11 of the Civil Aviation (Medical Certification) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 87).
        • Section 15(1)(c): inserted, on , by section 11 of the Civil Aviation (Medical Certification) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 87).
        • Section 15(1A): inserted, on , by section 9(2) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).
        • Section 15(2A): inserted, on , by section 9(3) of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).