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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 174 : Meteorological Information Services

Subpart 2 : Provision of Meteorological Services

174.02.3 QMS

 

(1) The Meteorological Service Provider shall establish and maintain a QMS that is certified by an approved certification body for conformity with ISO 9001 series of quality assurance standards.

 

(2) A QMS referred to in subregulation (1) shall provide assurance to users that meteorological information supplied complies with user requirements in terms of—
(a) geographical and spatial coverage;
(b) format and content;
(c) time and frequency of issuance;
(d) period of validity;
(e) accuracy of measurements, observations and forecasts; and
(f) overall quality of meteorological information and services.

 

(3) A QMS shall consist of the following —
(a) validation and verification procedures;
(b) procedures for handling of non-conforming products;
(c) documents and records of management procedures;
(d) procedures for monitoring adherence to bulletin transmission times;
(e) automatic error detection and correction procedures; and
(f) procedures for the preparation and dissemination of meteorological products and information.

 

(4) The Meteorological Service Provider shall maintain close liaison with users regarding the quality of meteorological information.

 

(5) The Director may, on safety grounds, conduct an audit of the Meteorological Service Provider’s QMS.

 

(6) The Meteorological Service Provider shall maintain records of audits conducted on its QMS.

 

[Regulation 174.02.3 substituted by regulation 23(c) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]