Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1980 No. 204 AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENTS) - REG 6

6. Regulation 97C of the Air Navigation Regulations is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(b) he meets the relevant medical standards notified by the Secretary in Air
Navigation Orders; and";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (c) "Director-General" and substituting
        "Secretary"; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:

"(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), a person shall not be taken to
meet the relevant medical standards notified by the Secretary in Air
Navigation Orders if-

   (a)  the person fails to submit to any relevant examination that, in the
        case of that person, is required by the Secretary;

   (b)  at the time of any such examination-

        (i)    the person fails to inform the approved person conducting the
               examination whether he has previously undergone an examination
               of the same kind as that examination for the purpose of the
               grant of a licence;

        (ii)   where the person has previously undergone such an examination
               for that purpose, he fails to furnish particulars of the
               results of that examination; or

        (iii)  the person fails to answer all questions put to him by the
               approved person carrying out the examination that are necessary
               for determining whether the person meets the relevant medical
               standards; or

   (c)  the person fails to authorize the disclosure to the Secretary of any
        information concerning the person-

        (i)    that is within the knowledge of any medical practitioner;

        (ii)   that is within the knowledge of any person (other than a
               medical practitioner) who has carried out on the person an
               examination of a kind that the person could be required to
               undergo as a relevant examination; or

        (iii)  that is held by any hospital or other medical organization,
being information that may assist in determining whether the person meets the
relevant medical standards referred to in paragraph (1) (b).



"(3) In this regulation, 'relevant examination' means an examination or test
conducted by an approved person for the purpose of ascertaining, in relation
to the eligibility of a person for the grant of an air traffic controller
licence, whether the person meets the relevant medical standards notified by
the Secretary in Air Navigation Orders.".