CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 92.055 Dangerous goods manual--requirements applicable to all operators

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 92.055

  (1)   An operator's dangerous goods manual may be incorporated in the operator's operations manual or any other manual maintained by the operator that deals with the handling or carriage of cargo.

  (2)   Subregulations   (3), (4) and (5) set out, for the purposes of subsections   23(1), (2) and (2A) of the Act, conditions of the carriage of dangerous goods on an aircraft.

Note:   Under subsections   23(1), (2) and (2A) of the Act, dangerous goods must not be carried on an aircraft except in accordance with these Regulations.

  (3)   An operator must make a copy of its dangerous goods manual available, in a readily accessible place:

  (a)   in the case of an Australian operator--to each of the operator's employees whose duties and responsibilities are related to the handling or carriage of cargo; or

  (b)   in any other case--to:

  (i)   any of the operator's employees in Australia whose duties and responsibilities are related to the handling or carriage of cargo; and

  (ii)   any employees of its ground handling agent in Australia whose duties and responsibilities are related to the handling or carriage of cargo.

  (4)   An operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the handling and carriage of dangerous goods is in accordance with the procedures and instructions in, or referred to in, its dangerous goods manual.

  (5)   An operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that each of the operator's employees is made aware of the contents of the operator's dangerous goods manual so far as it is applicable and relevant to the employee's duties before the employee first performs those duties.