Senate Question on Notice No. 2722 has been answered at page 95 of the Proof Senate Hansard of 21 March 2007 (here:
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate...s/ds210307.pdf)
Note especially the (non)answer to the question as to what Mr Byron's 'specific deadlines' are, and that no one knows how much this journey in circles has cost or will cost:
Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Regulatory Reform Program
(Question No. 2722)
Senator O’Brien asked the Minister representing the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, upon notice, on 10 November 2006:
With reference to evidence by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Byron, to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on 13 February 2006, that he had ‘set specific deadlines and introduced a new approach to the management and delivery of the regulatory reform program’.
(1) Can the Minister outline the: (a) specific deadlines; and (b) new approach to the management and delivery of the program.
(2) When did the regulatory reform project commence.
(3) What has been the cost of the project to date, by year.
(4) What outcomes can be attributed to the project to date.
(5) Has the CASA restructure announced in February 2006, enhanced or diminished CASA’s capacity to meet Mr Byron’s specific deadlines for the regulatory reform project.
(6) What is the estimated total cost of the project.
Senator Ian Campbell—The Minister for Transport and Regional Services has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
(1) (a) The maintenance suite of regulations, the rules relating to aerial work application and the sports aviation suite will be progressed during 2007, along with rules relating to aerial application work and the sports aviation suite. Work on the Operational rules (Parts 91, 121, 135, 119) will also continue through 2007.
(b) In November 2005 CASA established the Planning and Governance Office (PAGO), which is responsible for coordinating and communicating CASA’s corporate and operational strategies and plans. PAGO includes a Regulatory Development Management Branch which is responsible for managing the Regulatory Reform Programme (RRP). The Branch is also responsible for managing consultation with the aviation industry on regulatory development proposals through the issue of Discussion Papers (DPs), Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NPRMs) and Regulation Impact Statements (RIS). The Branch also liaises with the Office of Best Practice Regulation (formerly the Office of Regulation Review) in relation to new regulatory proposals.
Prior to the establishment of PAGO, the RRP was managed through the Aviation Safety Standards section of CASA.
To develop safety regulations under the RRP, CASA forms small combined industry/CASA teams to establish the direction of the regulations and their detail. Wherever appropriate, these new rules are to be based on overseas regulations to ensure harmonisation and Australian competitiveness. These new rules will be written expressly to address safety outcomes.
(2) The RRP was initiated in December 1999 and was launched at the beginning of 2000.
(3) RRP costs cannot be distinguished from other costs associated with the CASA area responsible for the activity.
(4) During the period 2000 – 2006:
• 15 Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR) Parts were made and commenced: CASR Parts 11, 13, 39, 45, 47, 60,
65, 67, 92, 101, 139, 143, 171, 172, 173.
• 57 Advisory Circulars were issued.
• 9 Manuals of Standards (MOS) were issued.
Examples of secondary outcomes are aircraft registrations, aerodrome certification/registration, navigation approvals granted and airworthiness directives issued as a result of the CASR Parts being made under the RRP.
(5) PAGO provides a focal point for coordination and project management of the RRP but relies on subject matter experts from other CASA offices for the policy and regulatory development work to be completed on a timely basis. The RRP under PAGO should be more successful than under the old Aviation Safety Standards section but progress will depend on the availability of subject matter experts from other parts of CASA.
(6) See (3).
So: don't know how much it's cost or is going to cost, and don't know how long it's going to take. What
superb project management!