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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 2 : Operations Personnel Requirements

Division Three : Flight time and duty limitations

135.02.10 Fatigue risk management system

 

(1) An air service operator who establishes a scheme for the regulation of flight time and duty periods in accordance with subparagraph (a)(ii) of subregulation 135.02.9(2) shall establish a fatigue risk management system for the purpose of managing fatigue.

[Regulation 135.02.10(1) substituted by regulation 16(a) of Notice No. R. 432, GG 40846, dated 19 May 2017 (Sixteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]

 

(2) An operator's fatigue risk management system shall contain, as a minimum:
(a) fatigue risk management system policy;
(b) a fatigue risk management processes;
(c) a safety assurance processes; and
(d) a fatigue risk management system promotion processes:

each as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 135.

 

(3) The operator shall designate a person responsible for the fatigue risk management system who meets the qualifications and experience requirements and who will be responsible for the functions as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 135.

 

(4) A fatigue risk management system established in terms of subregulation (1) shall –
(a) be based upon scientific principles, knowledge and operational experience with the aim of ensuring that flight crew and cabin crew members are performing at an adequate level of alertness; and
(b) be integrated with the safety management system.

[Regulation 135.02.10(4) inserted by regulation 16(b) of Notice No. R. 432, GG 40846, dated 19 May 2017 (Sixteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]

 

[Regulation 135.02.10 inserted by regulation 24 of Notice No. R. 535, GG 36712, dated 30 July 2013 (Fourth Amendment to the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2013)]