Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 119.020

    A significant change , for an Australian air transport operator, means:

  (a)   a change in relation to any of the following:

  (i)   the location and operation of the operator's main operating bases, including the opening or closing of main operating bases;

  (ii)   the operator's key personnel;

  (iii)   a person authorised to carry out the responsibilities of any of the key personnel if the position holder is absent from the position or cannot carry out the responsibilities of the position;

  (iv)   the formal reporting lines for a managerial or operational position with safety functions and responsibilities that reports directly to any of the key personnel;

  (v)   the operator's process for making changes that relate to the safe conduct and management of the operator's air transport operations;

  (vi)   the kinds of Australian air transport operations the operator is authorised to conduct under the operator's Australian air transport AOC;

  (vii)   the operator's areas of operation or routes, including beginning to operate in a new area or on a new route (but not including ceasing to operate in an area or on a route);

  (viii)   the types and models of aeroplanes or rotorcraft used in the operator's Australian air transport operations, including the addition of a new type or model (but not including ceasing to operate a type or model); or

  (b)   a change in relation to any of the following that does not maintain or improve, or is not likely to maintain or improve, aviation safety:

  (i)   the plans, processes, procedures, programs and systems for the safe conduct and management of the operator's Australian air transport operations;

  (ii)   the qualifications, experience and responsibilities required by the operator for any of the operator's key personnel;

  (iii)   any other aeronautical or aviation safety related services provided to the operator by third parties;

  (iv)   any change to the registration of an aeroplane or rotorcraft used in the operator's Australian air transport operations;

  (v)   any leasing or other arrangements for the supply of an aeroplane or rotorcraft used in the operator's Australian air transport operations; or

  (c)   a change required to be approved by CASA under these Regulations, other than a change that results in the reissue or replacement of an instrument previously issued by CASA in which the conditions or other substantive content of the instrument are unchanged.