Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1988 NO. 158 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS - REG 104

104. (1) A person is not eligible to be granted an air traffic controller
licence unless:

   (a)  the person has attained the age of 21 years;

   (b)  the person meets the relevant medical standards notified by the
        Authority in Civil Aviation Orders; and

   (c)  the person has passed such examinations, and has produced evidence of
        such practical experience in relation to the licence or rating sought,
        as the Authority requires and notifies in Civil Aviation Orders.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), a person shall not be taken to meet
the relevant medical standards notified by the Authority in Civil
Aviation Orders if:

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

   (b)  at the time of any such examination:

        (i)    the person fails to inform the approved person conducting the
               examination whether he or she 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 or she fails to furnish particulars of the
               results of that examination; or

        (iii)  the person fails to answer all questions put to him or her 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 authorise the disclosure to the Authority 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 Authority in Civil Aviation Orders.