It has been long standing CASA policy that our standards development processes should ensure that regulations are necessary, risk based, cost effective, and that no unnecessary cost burdens are put on the aviation community. Late in 2013 the Government announced the Deregulation agenda which puts additional emphasis on the CASA policy and further extends it. The Deregulation agenda involves significant red tape reduction requirements and also requires any new regulatory costs to be offset, although not necessarily from the same regulated sector.
I recently wrote to all Industry and CASA SCC subcommittee co-chairs, asking them to ensure that these aspects of the Deregulation agenda are considered in the course of subcommittee deliberations. Working groups struck by the subcommittees should similarly be required to take these Government requirements into account. Industry and CASA members are requested to assist in identifying how regulatory costs can be reduced, either as a result of removing unnecessary regulations, modifying inefficient regulations, or by simplifying and streamlining CASA’s administrative processes, including systems and procedures used for the issue of civil aviation authorisations, application forms and the role of industry delegates.
In addition to the discussions on these matters that will be held at the SCC and subcommittee levels, it would assist us if you could send your proposals for improving the efficiency of our regulations and processes to
[email protected] so a full listing of these can be maintained.
Thanks to all for assisting with this important initiative.
Standards Division
CASA