CEO DIRECTIVE – 016/2004
Development of Regulations and the Regulatory Framework
Date of Directive: 24 November 2004
To: Bruce Gemmell
Action Officer: Not Applicable
Title of Addressee: Not Applicable
Directive No: 016/2004
Response Required: Immediate Effect
Directive
This Directive is issued to establish guiding principles for the development of the regulatory framework and to provide clear guidance for the development of proposed aviation safety regulations.
Guiding Principles for Regulatory Framework
• Aviation safety regulations are to be developed on the basis of addressing known or likely safety risks. Each proposed regulation is to be assessed against the contribution it will make to aviation safety.
• Wherever possible, the CASRs are to be drafted to specify the safety outcome required, unless, in the interests of safety, and to address known or likely aviation safety risks, detailed requirements need to be presented.
• Wherever possible, aviation safety regulations are to be developed within a two tier regulatory framework comprising the Civil Aviation Act and the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs), supported by advisory material that details acceptable means of compliance with the CASRs, together with appropriate guidance material.
• Manuals of Standards (MOSs) are to be developed only where there is a clear requirement, on the basis of safety, to mandate standards that for the purpose of clarity should not be contained in the Regulations.
• The content of proposed MOSs must also be assessed against the contribution made to aviation safety.
• A MOS must only contain such standards as are clearly authorised by a particular regulation and must not be used as a vehicle for promulgating advisory material and other information.
All proposed CASA Parts and MOSs are to be assessed against the guiding principles stated above.
Signed Bruce Byron Chief Executive Officer
As you can see it has been happening for quite some time.
Now everybody wants to claim Mr. Byron as
their man following
their guidance.
We choose to believe that Mr. Byron always had and has a very clear idea of where CASA needs to go.
Mr. Byron, Mr. Gemmel and his team will always listen politely and calmly to representations as they should, but will in the end do what is the best within their charter and the terms of their appointment. For any party to claim “ownership” of a change is, without direct acknowledgement, both insolent and impertinent.
This is supposed to be called working together.