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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 3 : Approval of Instrument Flight Procedure Ground Validation Organisation (Category B)

173.03.4 Duties of approval holder

 

(1) A holder of an instrument flight procedure ground validation approval shall—
(a) keep at least one complete and current copy of its operations manual referred to in regulation 173.03.1 at each workplace specified in such operations manual;
(b) comply with all procedures detailed in an operations manual;
(c) continue to comply with appropriate requirements prescribed in this Part;
(d) ensure that flight procedures are validated as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173; and
(e) make those parts of an operations manual required for personnel to carry out their duties available to such personnel.

 

(2) In performing instrument flight procedure ground validation, a holder of an instrument flight procedure ground validation approval shall—
(a) validate each instrument flight procedure as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173;
(b) return each instrument flight procedure to a responsible instrument flight procedure design organisation after ground validation for submission to the Director for approval, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173; and
(c) adhere to the approval process prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173.

 

(3) A holder of an instrument flight procedure ground validation approval shall ensure that instrument flight procedure ground validation is conducted subject to conditions prescribed in Document SA-CATS 173.

 

[Regulation 173.03.4 substituted by section 34(r) 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]