CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 129.055 Foreign air transport AOC--conditions for issue

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 129.055

  (1)   It is a condition for the issue of a foreign air transport AOC to a foreign operator that CASA is satisfied of the following:

  (a)   the operator holds a foreign certificate that authorises the operator to conduct each operation covered by the application;

  (b)   the national aviation authority that issued the foreign certificate meets the requirement mentioned in subregulation   (2);

  (c)   for each aircraft to be operated under the AOC, the operator holds a certificate of airworthiness issued in accordance with Annex   8, Airworthiness of Aircraft , to the Chicago Convention;

  (d)   for each foreign registered aircraft to be operated under the AOC, the operator will ensure the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft in accordance with the standards set out in the relevant Part of Annex   6, Operation of Aircraft , to the Chicago Convention;

  (e)   for each registered aircraft to be operated under the AOC, the operator will ensure the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations that apply to the aircraft;

  (f)   the operator has a safety management system that meets the standards set out in Annex   19, Safety Management , to the Chicago Convention.

Note:   These matters are in addition to the matters specified in section   28 (CASA must issue AOC if satisfied about certain matters) of the Act.

  (2)   For paragraph   (1)(b), the requirement is that:

  (a)   the authority is the national aviation authority of a Contracting State and carries out its functions in respect of foreign air transport operations in accordance with the Chicago Convention; or

  (b)   the authority is not the national aviation authority of a Contracting State but carries out functions that are at least equivalent to the functions mentioned in paragraph   (a).