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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 173 : Flight Procedure Design

Subpart 1 : General

173.01.9 Facilities and equipment

 

(1) An applicant for an instrument flight procedure design approval or instrument flight procedure validation approval shall satisfy the Director that it has facilities and equipment necessary to perform adequately an approved scope of an instrument flight procedure design or instrument flight procedure validation, including—
(a) providing premises and equipment appropriate for personnel to perform instrument flight procedure design or instrument flight procedure validation taking into account the critical effect that human factors can have on the quality of the work of the personnel; and
(b) ensuring that those employees have access to all necessary data for designing or validating instrument flight procedures.

 

(2) An applicant shall, if an aeronautical database and aeronautical data is utilised for designing or validating flight procedures, have, and put into effect, procedures as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173 and approved by the Director to ensure the integrity of the database and the data.

 

[Regulation 173.01.9 substituted by section 34(h) of the Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]