Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 173 : Flight Procedure DesignSubpart 2 : Approval of Flight Procedure Design Organisation (Category A)173.02.2 Personnel requirements |
| (1) | The applicant shall engage, employ or contract— |
| (a) | a person identified as the chief designer of the organisation concerned, to whom contractual authority has been granted to ensure that all activities undertaken by the organisation are carried out in accordance with the applicable requirements prescribed in this Subpart, and who shall in addition be vested with the following powers and duties in respect of the compliance with such requirements: |
| (i) | access to design work performed or design activities undertaken by all other persons as employees of, and other persons rendering service under contract with, the organisation; |
| (ii) | full rights of consultation with any such person in respect of such compliance by him or her; |
| (iii) | powers to order cessation of any design activity where such compliance is not effected; |
| (iv) | powers to report directly to the management of the organisation on his or her investigations and consultations generally, and in cases referred to in subparagraph (iii), and with regard to the results of the liaison referred to in subparagraph (v); |
| (v) | a duty to establish liaison mechanisms with the Director with a view to ascertain correct manners of compliance with the said requirements, and interpretations of such requirements by the Director, and to facilitate liaison between the Director and the organisation concerned; |
| (vi) | a duty to ensure that any flight procedure design covered by the approval is performed as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173; |
| (b) | supervisory personnel, if the applicant intends to provide on-the-job training to designers and such supervisory personnel may also be the chief designer; |
| (c) | sufficient qualified designers to plan, supervise, conduct and verify the design of flight procedures covered by the approval. |
| (2) | The applicant's chief designer referred to in paragraph (a) of subregulation (1) shall meet the minimum requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173. |
| (3) | Should the applicant engage, employ or contract a person as supervisory personnel referred as contemplated in paragraph (b) of subregulation (1), such person shall meet the minimum requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173. |
| (4) | The applicant's qualified designers referred to in paragraph (b) of subregulation (1) shall meet the minimum requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173. |
| (5) | An applicant shall not engage, employ or contract a person as a chief designer unless prior notification has been given to the Director. |
| (6) | The applicant shall establish a procedure for initially assessing, and a procedure for maintaining, the competence of those personnel involved in planning, supervising, conducting or verifying the design activities covered by the approval, as prescribed in SA-CATS 173. |
