CASA 68/24

(1) This Division:

(a) is made for the purposes of regulation 11.245 of CASR; and

(b) makes directions in relation to the design of terminal instrument flight procedures for use by aircraft, other than state aircraft, operating under the IFR at, or in the vicinity of, listed military aerodromes.

(2) The Division does not apply:

(a) in relation to the design of terminal instrument flight procedures for use by aircraft (other than state aircraft) operating under the IFR at, or in the vicinity of, a listed military aerodrome in circumstances where one or more engines of the aircraft become inoperative while it is on an IFR flight; or

(b) to a person who carries on design work on such procedures.

Note The directions cease to be in force at the end of 30 November 2027: see sections 23 and 26.

5 Meaning of listed military aerodrome

In this instrument:

listed military aerodrome means any of the following military aerodromes:

(a) Amberley (YAMB);

(b) Curtin (YCIN);

(d) East Sale (YMES);

(e) Edinburgh (YPED);

(f) Learmonth (YPLM);

(g) Nowra (YSNW);

(h) Oakey (YBOK);

(i) Pearce (YPEA);

(j) Point Cook (YMPC);

(k) Richmond (YSRI);

(l) Scherger (YBSG);

(m) Tindal (YPTN);

(n) Townsville (YBTL);

(o) Williamtown (YWLM);

(p) Woomera (YPWR).

6 Designers of terminal instrument flight procedures—listed military aerodromes

(1) Subsection (2) applies to a relevant designer who carries out, or intends to carry out, design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure for use by an aircraft, other than a state aircraft, operating under the IFR at, or in the vicinity of, a listed military aerodrome.

(2) The designer must comply with each of the following requirements when carrying out the design work:

(a) the terminal instrument flight procedure must be of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate;

(b) any conditions set out in the procedure design certificate that are applicable to the type of terminal instrument flight procedure;

(c) the design work must not be carried out by a person other than the designer or an employee of the designer who carries out the design work in the course of the employee’s duties.

(3) In this instrument:

permitted design work means design work for a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection (1):

(a) that is of a type that is covered by a relevant designer’s procedure design certificate; and

(b) to which the conditions (if any), set out in the designer’s procedure design certificate, that are applicable to the type of terminal instrument flight procedure, apply.

7 Design work at listed military aerodrome for aircraft other than state aircraft

(1) A person must not carry out design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure for use by an aircraft, other than a state aircraft, operating under the IFR at, or in the vicinity of a listed military aerodrome, unless the person is a relevant designer, or the employee of a relevant designer, who carries out the design work in accordance with subsection 6(2).

(2) A person must not review or amend a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection (1) unless the person is:

(a) a relevant designer carrying out permitted design work; or

(b) an employee of the designer mentioned in paragraph (a) who reviews or amends the procedure in the course of the employee’s duties.

8 Designing instrument flight procedures other than terminal instrument flight procedures

A person who designs an instrument flight procedure that is not a terminal instrument flight procedure, for use by an aircraft, other than a state aircraft, operating under the IFR at, or in the vicinity of, a listed military aerodrome must, in designing the procedure, meet any standards for the design of such a procedure set out in the Part 173 Manual of Standards.

9 Operations manual requirements

(1) A relevant designer carrying on permitted design work must ensure that it maintains an operations manual, that meets the standards for operations manuals set out in the Part 173 Manual of Standards, in relation to the design work.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the standard in paragraph 2.1.1.1(oa) of the Manual of Standards only applies to the designer if:

(a) the design work is for a listed military aerodrome that is a joint user aerodrome; and

(b) the aerodrome operator that operates the aerodrome for civil aircraft operations holds an aerodrome certificate granted by CASA under regulation 139.030 of CASR.

Note Paragraph 2.1.1.1(oa) requires the operations manual to include a statement that a design for a terminal instrument flight procedure may only be completed and given for verification, validation or publication for a certified aerodrome.

Regulation 139.025 of CASR requires the operator of an aerodrome to have an aerodrome certificate if there is a terminal instrument flight procedure for the aerodrome.

The regulations generally do not apply in respect of military aerodromes (see subregulation 3(5) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988). However, at the commencement of this instrument, the civilian aerodrome operators of the joint user aerodromes, Darwin and Townsville, were the holders of an aerodrome certificate granted by CASA under regulation 139.030 of CASR, under the scheme established by the Airports Act 1996.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to a relevant designer carrying on permitted design work if the design work is for a listed military aerodrome other than a joint user aerodrome mentioned in subsection (2).

(4) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1) and (2), the designer must also comply with the requirements of subsection 13(2) (arrangements with aerodrome operator regarding obstacles data).

(5) A relevant designer must comply with the requirements in subregulations 173.075(2) and (3) of CASR, as if the reference in paragraph 173.075(2)(b) to “design work under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”.

10 Compliance with operations manual

A relevant designer must, in carrying on permitted design work, comply with the designer’s operations manual as it applies to the design work.

11 Standards for design of terminal instrument flight procedure for civil aircraft at military aerodromes

(1) A relevant designer designing a terminal flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1) that is of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate, must ensure the procedure is designed in accordance with:

(a) subject to section 15, any applicable standards set out or referred to in ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS‑OPS); and

(b) any applicable standards set out in the Part 173 Manual of Standards, subject to section 15 and any provision in this Division that modifies a standard.

(2) If, apart from this subsection:

(a) the designer would be required to ensure that a terminal instrument flight procedure is designed in accordance with a standard set out or referred to in the ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS‑OPS) and a standard of the Part 173 Manual of Standards mentioned in paragraph (1)(b); and

(b) it is not possible to comply with both standards;

the designer is only required to ensure that the procedure is designed in accordance with the Manual of Standards.

12 Obstacle clearance advice to aerodrome operators—Part 173 Manual of Standards requirements

(1) Paragraph 6.1.5 of the Part 173 Manual of Standards (Obstacle clearance advice to aerodrome operators) applies to a relevant designer in relation to a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1) that is of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate:

(a) as if:

(i) the words “the aerodrome operator’s” were inserted before “obligations”; and

(ii) the words “as required under CASR Part 139” were omitted; or

(b) if CASA has granted an aerodrome certificate under regulation 139.030 of CASR to a civilian aerodrome operator in respect of a joint user aerodrome—as if the reference in paragraph 6.1.5 to “as required under CASR Part 139” were a reference to “in accordance with the requirements of CASR Part 139”.

Note Paragraph 6.1.5 requires the certified designer to provide diagrams and obstacle data to an aerodrome operator sufficient to enable the operator to fulfil obligations to report and monitor obstacles in the vicinity of an aerodrome, as required under Part 139 of CASR.

The regulations (and therefore Part 139) generally do not apply to military aerodromes (see subregulation 3(5) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988). However, at the commencement of this instrument, the civilian aerodrome operators of the joint user aerodromes, Darwin and Townsville, were the holders of an aerodrome certificate granted by CASA under regulation 139.030 of CASR, under the scheme established by the Airports Act 1996.

(2) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, or paragraph 6.1.5 of the Part 173 Manual of Standards as modified by subsection (1), if the listed military aerodrome is a joint user aerodrome, the relevant designer of a terminal instrument flight procedure for the aerodrome must comply with the requirements of paragraph 6.1.5 in respect of each aerodrome operator of that aerodrome.

(3) A relevant designer must provide details to CASA on any arrangements the designer makes with the aerodrome operator of a listed military aerodrome for the purposes of:

(a) subsection (2) of this section; or

(b) paragraph 2.1.1.1(h) of the Part 173 Manual of Standards (including arrangements required by subsection 13(2) of this instrument); or

(4) The designer must provide the information about an arrangement, required by subsection (3), to CASA in writing, within 60 days after:

(a) this instrument commences; or

(b) the arrangement is made;

whichever occurs later.

Note Under paragraph 6.1.5 of the Part 173 Manual of Standards, the designer must forward the information required by the standard for a procedure to the operator before the effective publication date of the procedure.

(5) Subsection (6) applies if, for the purposes of paragraph 6.1.5 of the Manual of Standards:

(a) the relevant designer provides information to an aerodrome operator for the purposes of the operator’s obligations in relation to reporting and monitoring obstacles in the vicinity of the aerodrome; and

(b) the operator is the Defence Force, or a part of the Defence Force; and

(6) The designer must also provide the information to the other aerodrome operator of the joint user aerodrome.

13 Arrangements—monitoring of obstacles associated with instrument runways

(1) This section does not apply in relation to a joint user aerodrome if the civilian operator of the aerodrome holds an aerodrome certificate granted by CASA under regulation 139.030 of CASR.

Note An aerodrome operator of a joint user aerodrome who is complying with Part 139 of CASA is required to monitor any object or structure that may infringe upon the aerodrome’s obstacle limitation surfaces and PANS-OPS airspace associated with instrument approaches: see subsection 7.20(3) of the Part 139 Manual of Standards.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 9(4), the arrangements mentioned in paragraph 2.1.1.1(h) of the Part 173 Manual of Standards must include an arrangement the relevant designer makes with an aerodrome operator of a listed military aerodrome, under which the aerodrome operator monitors any object or structure that may infringe the aerodrome’s obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS) and PANS-OPS surfaces associated with instrument approach procedures.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the monitoring of obstacles should include a check of:

(a) the approach, take-off, and transitional surfaces to ensure published aerodrome information is accurate to within 0.05% of the published gradient in the AIP-ERSA; and

(b) the other surfaces associated with the OLS; and

(c) the critical obstacles nominated by the designer for any terminal instrument flight procedures published for the aerodrome.

(4) The arrangement must require the aerodrome operator to notify the designer of any change in relation to obstacles, in accordance with the requirements of subsection 7.20(3) of the Part 139 Manual of Standards.

(5) In this instrument:

AIP-ERSA means Aeronautical Information Publication – En Route Supplement of Australia.

obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS) has the same meaning as in Part 139 Manual of Standards.

PANS-OPS surface, in relation to an aerodrome, is a surface ascertained in accordance with the procedures in ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS‑OPS).

14 Notifying CASA—arrangements for notifying change in obstacles

If a relevant designer to whom section 13 applies is unable to enter into an arrangement mentioned in subsection 13(2), the designer must notify CASA, in writing, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that such an arrangement cannot be made.

15 Circumstances in which a standard, regulation, etc. does not apply—Schedule 1

Standards set out in Part 173 Manual of Standards or ICAO Doc. 8168

(1) Schedule 1 sets out circumstances in which a standard:

(a) set out in a provision of the Part 173 Manual of Standards (as applied or modified under this Division); or

(b) set out or referred to in ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS‑OPS);

does not apply to a relevant designer.

Part 173 regulations

(2) Despite a provision in this Division that requires a relevant designer to comply with a provision in Part 173 of CASR (whether or not modified under this Division), Schedule 1 sets out circumstances in which the designer is not required to comply with the provision.

Responsibilities of chief designer—section 22

(3) Despite section 22, Schedule 1 may set out circumstances in which a relevant designer’s chief designer is not required to comply with the section.

Direction that Schedule 1 requirements must be met

(4) If Schedule 1 sets out requirements to be met by a person in relation to circumstances mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3), the person must meet the requirements.

16 Verification of terminal instrument flight procedures

A relevant designer must establish procedures for verifying terminal instrument flight procedures for which the design work is permitted design work, that comply with the requirements of subregulations 173.090(2), (3) and (4) of CASR.

17 Validation of terminal instrument flight procedures

A relevant designer must ensure that each terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1) of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate, that it designs for a listed military aerodrome, is validated by a CASA pilot (within the meaning of subregulation 173.095(2) of CASR) in accordance with any applicable standards set out in the Part 173 Manual of Standards (as applied or modified under this Division).

18 Compliance with provisions of Part 173

A relevant designer must, in relation to:

(a) designing a terminal instrument procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1) of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate for a listed military aerodrome; or

(b) carrying out permitted design work;

comply with a provision of Part 173 of CASR set out in column 1 of an item of the following table in accordance with the modifications (if any) of the provision mentioned in column 2 of the item.

Compliance with Part 173 provisions
Item	Column 1 Provisions of Part 173	Column 2 Modification (if any)
1	Regulation 173.100 (publication of terminal instrument flight procedures)	as if: (a) the reference in subregulation 173.100(1) to “each terminal instrument flight procedure designed under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “each terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1), of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate, designed for a listed military aerodrome”; and (b) the reference in subregulation 173.100(3) to “all procedures designed under its procedure design certificate” were a reference to “all procedures designed for a listed military aerodrome, of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate”
2	Regulation 173.115 (certified designer to provide facilities etc)	as if: (a) the reference in subregulation 173.115(1) to “design work on terminal instrument flight procedures under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”; and (b) the reference in subregulation 173.115(2) to “under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “mentioned in subsection 6(1), of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate”
3	Regulation 173.120 (certified designer to have appropriate organisation)	as if: (a) the reference to “design work on terminal instrument flight procedures under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”; and (b) the reference to “these Regulations” were a reference to “this instrument”
4	Regulation 173.125 (certified designer to have sufficient personnel)	as if: (a) the reference to “design work on terminal instrument flight procedures under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”; and (b) the reference to “these Regulations” were a reference to “this instrument”
5	Regulation 173.130 (supervisory personnel)	as if the reference to “design work on terminal instrument flight procedures carried on under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”
6	Regulation 173.135 (certified designer to appoint chief designer)	as if the reference to “design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”
7	Regulation 173.140 (certified designer to provide training and checking program)	(not modified)
8	Regulation 173.145 (safety management system)	as if the reference to “design work on terminal instrument flight procedures carried on under the designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”
9	Regulation 173.150 (certified designer to maintain reference materials)	as if the reference to “design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure under the certified designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”
10	Regulation 173.155 (certified designer to keep documents and records)	(not modified)
11	Regulation 173.160 (certified designer to have document and record control system)	as if: (a) the reference to “design work under the certified designer’s procedure design certificate” were a reference to “permitted design work”; and (b) the reference to “this Division” in subregulation 173.160(3) were a reference to “sections 6 to 22 of this instrument”
12	Regulation 173.195 (advice on organisational change)	as if the words “under the certified designer’s procedure design certificate” were replaced with the words “mentioned in subsection 6(1), of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate”
13	Regulation 173.200 (discontinuing work on terminal instrument flight procedures of a particular type)	(not modified)
14	Regulation 173.205 (notifying the AIS of a variation to a procedure design certificate)	(not modified)
15	Regulation 173.210 (discontinuing maintenance of particular terminal instrument flight procedures)	(not modified)

19 Radio navigation aids

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a relevant designer must ensure that a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1), of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate that it designs for a listed military aerodrome, does not require the use of a ground-based radio-navigation aid other than one that is operated and maintained by a person certificated to do so under Part 171 of CASR.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if:

(a) subclause 2(1) or 3(1) of Schedule 2 applies to the ground-based radio‑navigation aid; and

(b) the radio-navigation aid is operated by, or for, the Defence Force; and

(c) if the relevant designer is Airservices Australia—the flight inspection requirements mentioned in clause 2 of Schedule 2 are met in relation to the navigation aid; and

(d) if the relevant designer is Global Airspace Solutions Pty Ltd—the flight inspection requirements mentioned in clause 3 of Schedule 2 are met in relation to the navigation aid.

20 Maintenance of terminal instrument flight procedures

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a relevant designer is responsible for maintaining, in accordance with the standards for the maintenance of terminal instrument flight procedures set out in the Part 173 Manual of Standards a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1), of a type covered by the designer’s procedure design certificate:

(a) that it designs for a listed military aerodrome; or

(b) for which that responsibility is transferred to the designer under section 21.

(2) The designer ceases to be responsible for the maintenance of the procedure:

(a) if the designer has notified CASA and, if the procedure is published in the AIP, the AIS, under regulation 173.210 (as applied by section 18) that the designer has ceased to have that responsibility:

(i) on the day when the notice is given; or

(ii) if a later day is specified in the notice—on the later day; or

(b) if the designer has notified CASA and, if the procedure is published in the AIP, the AIS, under regulation 173.200 (as applied by section 18) that the designer has ceased to design the type of terminal instrument flight procedure concerned:

(i) on the day when the notice is given; or

(ii) if a later day is specified in the notice—on the later day; or

(c) if the relevant designer ceases to be a certified designer—on the day when the designer ceases to be a certified designer.

(3) To avoid doubt, the requirements of paragraph 6.1.4.1A of the Part 173 Manual of Standards do not apply in relation to the maintenance of a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1).

Note Paragraph 6.1.4.1A requires a terminal instrument flight procedure design to be withdrawn in the event that CASA is notified under Part 139 of CASR that an aerodrome ceases to be registered or certified.

21 Transfer of maintenance responsibility

(1) A relevant designer may transfer the designer’s responsibility for maintaining a terminal instrument flight procedure under section 20 to another certified designer whose procedure design certificate authorises that designer to design terminal instrument flight procedures of the same type as the procedure concerned.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a relevant designer must not transfer the designer’s responsibility for maintaining a terminal instrument flight procedure without the written approval of CASA.

(3) Before granting an approval mentioned in subsection (2), CASA must be satisfied that the proposed transferee would be able to comply with the directions in this Division in relation to the procedure.

Note Directions in this Division include the requirements of section 11 as subject to section 15 (which provides for the circumstances set out in Schedule 1), and any requirements set out in Schedule 1 for the purposes of the direction in subsection 15(4).

(4) If a certified designer accepts responsibility for the maintenance of a terminal instrument flight procedure under this section, the designer:

(a) must give written notice to the transferor to that effect; and

(b) must give written notice of the transfer to CASA and, if the procedure is published in the AIP, to the AIS, within 14 days after the transfer.

(5) A transfer takes effect on the day when the certified designer accepting responsibility for maintaining the procedure gives notice to the transferor under paragraph (4)(a) or, if a later day is specified in the notice, on the later day.

22 Chief designer’s functions and duties under this instrument

The chief designer for a relevant designer’s organisation must (in addition to the functions and duties the person has under regulation 173.180 of CASR) be responsible to the designer for the following:

(a) ensuring that any design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure mentioned in subsection 6(1) for a listed military aerodrome is carried on in accordance with this instrument;

(b) appointing persons as employees of the certified designer to carry on design work on such a terminal instrument flight procedure;

(d) issuing certificates as required by regulation 173.100 of CASR, as that provision is modified by section 18.

23 When directions cease to have effect

For the purposes of paragraph 11.250(a) of CASR, each direction in a provision of this Division ceases to be in force at the end of 30 November 2027.

Part 3—GE: Darwin and Townsville aerodromes

6 Definitions for Part 3, Schedule 1

In this Part:

direct supervision has the meaning given by paragraph 3.1.4.2 of the Part 173 Manual of Standards.

GE means the relevant designer (GE Flight Efficiency Services LLC) mentioned at paragraph (c) of the definition relevant designer in section 3 of Division 1.

GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria means the design criteria mentioned in:

(a) the document titled GE Flight Efficiency Services, LLC Design Criteria Manual, Volume A4A, Issue 7, Revision 0, as existing from time to time; and

(b) the document titled GE Flight Efficiency Services, LLC DCM Regulatory Supplement – CASA, Volume A4B.02, Issue 9, Revision 0, containing the Multi‑variant Design Specification, as existing from time to time.

GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria TIFP means an RNP AR APCH designed by GE in accordance with the GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria.

ICAO Doc 9905 means ICAO Document 9905-AN/471 (Required Navigation Performance Authorisation Required (RNP AR) Procedure Design Manual) as approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, as in force from time to time.

operations manual means the manual maintained by GE as a relevant designer under section 9 of Division 2.

qualified designer has the meaning given by subregulation 173.090(4) of CASR.

Note Clause 10 provides for circumstances in which compliance with subparagraph 173.090(4)(b)(i) of CASR (about ICAO training requirements for qualified designers) is not required.

remote supervision, of an unqualified designer or a qualified designer, means supervision of the designer, in circumstances where the supervisor is not in the same premises as the designer, by means of various processes and technology.

RNP AR APCH means the type of terminal instrument flight procedure known as Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required Approach.

unqualified designer means a designer of a terminal instrument flight procedure who is not a qualified designer.

7 GE—requirements about supervision of design work

Design of procedures

(1) For subsection 15(1), GE is not required to comply with paragraph 3.1.4.1(a) of the Part 173 Manual of Standards, to the extent that:

(a) a terminal instrument flight procedure is designed by an unqualified designer, for GE and either Darwin or Townsville aerodrome; and

(b) the procedure is not designed under direct supervision in accordance with paragraph 3.1.4.1(a).

(2) For subsection 15(1), GE is not required to comply with paragraph 3.1.7 of the Manual of Standards to the extent that:

(a) a terminal instrument flight procedure for either Darwin or Townsville aerodrome (the relevant TIFP) is designed for GE by a qualified designer who has not carried out design work in relation to a terminal instrument flight procedure of the same type within the year immediately before the design of the relevant TIFP; and

(b) the relevant TIFP is not designed under direct supervision in accordance with paragraph 3.1.7.

Requirements about direct supervision—regulation 173.100

(3) For subsection 15(2), GE is not required to comply with subregulation 173.100(1) of CASR, as modified by section 18, to the extent that a certificate issued by the chief designer for GE’s organisation, for a terminal instrument flight procedure designed by an unqualified designer for GE for Darwin or Townsville aerodrome is not to the effect that the procedure is designed under direct supervision in accordance with paragraph 3.1.4.1(a) of the Manual of Standards.

Chief designer’s certificate—section 22

(4) Subclause (5) applies to the issue, by GE’s chief designer, of a certificate for a terminal instrument flight procedure for Darwin or Townsville aerodrome (the relevant TIFP) that is designed by a qualified designer who has not carried out design work in relation to a terminal instrument flight procedure of the same type within the year immediately before the design of the relevant TIFP.

(5) For subsection 15(3), GE’s chief designer is not required to comply with paragraph 3.1.7 of the Manual of Standards to the extent that the certificate is not to the effect that the relevant TIFP is designed under direct supervision in accordance with paragraph 3.1.7.

8 Requirements for GE’s operations manual—remote supervision

GE’s operations manual must include procedures for the remote supervision by a qualified designer employed by GE of:

(a) an unqualified designer in relation to the design by the designer of a terminal instrument flight procedure for GE for Darwin or Townsville aerodrome; and

(b) a qualified designer in relation to the design by the designer of a terminal instrument flight procedure TIFP (the relevant TIFP), for GE, if the designer has not carried out design work in relation to a terminal instrument flight procedure of the same type within the year immediately before the design of the relevant TIFP.

Note Section 10 in Division 2 requires a relevant designer, in carrying on permitted design work (see the definition in subsection 6(3) in Division 2), to comply with the designer’s operations manual.

9 Design criteria for RNP AR APCH

(1) Subclause (2) applies in relation to design work on an RNP AR APCH conducted by GE, for Darwin or Townsville aerodrome, that is in accordance with:

(a) ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS-OPS); and

(b) the Part 173 Manual of Standards; and

(2) For subsection 15(2), GE is not required to comply with subparagraph 173.125(b)(ii) of CASR, as modified by section 18:

(a) to the extent that the provision requires GE to ensure that a person appointed by it as chief designer for its organisation meets the qualification standards mentioned in paragraphs 3.1.2.1(c) and 3.1.2.2(b) of the Part 173 Manual of Standards; and

(b) to the extent that subparagraph 173.125(b)(ii) requires GE to ensure that a person employed by it as a qualified designer meets the qualification standard stated in paragraph 3.1.3.1(a) of the Manual of Standards.

Note GE’s operations manual includes a training program in relation to certain design criteria mentioned in ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS-OPS), which is required to be completed by a person employed by it as a qualified designer, or the chief designer for its organisation.

10 GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria TIFP

For subsection 15(1) or (2), GE, in relation to design work on a GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria TIFP for Darwin or Townsville aerodromes, is not required to comply with a provision mentioned in column 1 of the table, to the extent mentioned for the provision in column 2 of the table.

GE Flight Efficiency Service Design Criteria TIFP
Item	Column 1 Provision	Column 2 extent
1	Subsection 9(1)	The standard stated in paragraph 2.1.1.1(m) of the Manual of Standards, except to the extent that the standard is in relation to the Manual of Standards.
2	Paragraph 11(1)(a)	The standards stated in ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS-OPS), other than those incorporated by reference in the GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria.
3	Paragraph 11(1)(b) and subsection 11(2)	The standards stated in the following provisions of the Manual of Standards: (a) paragraphs 1.1.1.2, 1.1.2 and 1.1.5; (b) chapter 8, other than paragraphs 8.1.1.3, 8.1.1.4, 8.1.1.5, 8.1.1.6 and 8.1.5, and section 8.9.
4	Subparagraph 173.090(4)(b)(i), as applied by section 16	All
5	Subparagraph 173.125(b)(ii), as modified by section 18	The requirement about training in accordance with the standards stated in the following provisions of the Manual of Standards: (a) paragraph 3.1.2.1(c); (b) paragraph 3.1.2.2(b); (c) paragraph 3.1.3.1(a)

11 GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria TIFP—requirements

(1) GE must give written notice to CASA at least 14 days before making an amendment to a document mentioned in the definition of GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria in clause 6, unless the amendment is only of an editorial or clerical nature and does not affect technical or procedural matters.

(2) GE must provide the current version of the document titled GE Flight Efficiency Services, LLC Operational Guidance for GE RNP AR Procedures, Volume C3B, Issue 3 Revision 0, as existing from time to time, to each operator licensed by GE to fly a GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria TIFP.

(3) GE must comply with the requirements stated in regulation 173.150 of CASR, as modified be section 18, in relation to the GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria, as if the criteria were specified in paragraph 4.1.1.1 of the Manual of Standards for the purposes of subregulation 173.150(1).

12 GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria—operations manual

GE must ensure that its operations manual includes:

(a) copies of the following:

(i) this instrument;

(ii) any other directions under regulation 11.245 of CASR given to GE in relation to its design work;

(iii) the GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria; and

(b) a description of the processes and documents used to present to GE’s personnel the standards, rules, procedures and drafting conventions mentioned in the GE Flight Efficiency Services design criteria.

Schedule 2—Ground-based radio-navigation aids used by relevant designer: military aerodromes

Note See section 19.

1 Definitions for Schedule 2

In this Schedule:

DME means distance measuring equipment.

GP means glide path, as used for vertical guidance in an ILS.

ILS means instrument landing system.

LOC means localiser, as used for lateral guidance in an ILS.

NAVAID means a navigation aid.

NDB means non-directional beacon.

TACAN means a UHF tactical air navigation aid.

VOR means very high frequency (VHF) omnidirectional radio range.

2 Ground-based radio-navigation aids—Airservices Australia

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(a), this clause applies to a ground-based radio-navigation aid that is:

(a) located at, or in the vicinity of, an aerodrome mentioned in column 1 of an item in Table 1; and

(b) identified in column 2 and described in column 3 of the item; and

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(c), a navigation aid mentioned in an item of the table must be flight-inspected by AA, acting in its capacity as a service provider under Part 171 of CASR, at intervals of not more than the period mentioned in column 4 of the item, after the previous flight inspection of the radio-navigation aid by AA in that capacity.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the flight inspection may be conducted at an interval of one month less than or greater than the relevant interval mentioned in column 4 of the table.

Table 1: Flight check requirements for NAVAIDs used by AA
Item	Column 1 Location	Column 2 Identification	Column 3 NAVAID	Column 4 Flight check period
1	Edinburgh	IED	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7)	6 months
2	Edinburgh	EDN	TACAN (112.7)	12 months
3	Amberley	IAM	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7);	6 months
4	Amberley	AMB	TACAN (112.5)	12 months
5	East Sale	IES	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7)	6 months
6	East Sale	ESL	NDB (350)	36 months
7	East Sale	ESL	TACAN (108.1)	12 months
8	Williamtown	IWN	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.5); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.5)	6 months
9	Williamtown	WLM	NDB (365)	36 months
10	Williamtown	WLM	TACAN (112.8)	12 months
11	Nowra	INA	Each of the following: (a) LOC (108.5); (b) GP; (c) DME (108.5)	6 months
12	Nowra	NWA	NDB (359)	36 months
13	Nowra	NWA	TACAN (116.4)	12 months
14	Nowra	NWR	TACAN (112.4)	12 months
15	Oakey	IOK	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.5); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.5)	6 months
16	Oakey	OK	Each of the following: (a) VOR (112.9); (b) DME (112.9)	36 months
17	Pearce	IPE	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7);	6 months
18	Pearce	IPC	Each of the following: (a) LOC (111.9); (b) GP; (c) DME (111.9);	6 months
19	Pearce	PEA	NDB (340)	36 months
20	Pearce	PEA	TACAN (112.8)	12 months
21	Richmond	IRI	Each of the following: (a) LOC (111.9); (b) GP; (c) DME (111.9)	6 months
22	Richmond	RIC	TACAN (110.7)	12 months
23	Tindal	ITN	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7)	6 months
24	Tindal	TDL	TACAN (112.3)	12 months
25	Townsville	TVL	NDB (276)	36 months

3 Ground-based radio-navigation aids—Global Airspace Solutions

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(a), this clause applies to a ground-based radio-navigation aid that is:

(a) located at, or in the vicinity of, an aerodrome mentioned in column 1 of an item in table 2; and

(b) identified in column 2 and described in column 3 of the item; and

(c) required to be used for a terminal instrument flight procedure designed by Global Airspace Solutions Pty Ltd for the aerodrome.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(d), Global Airspace Solutions Pty Ltd must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a navigation aid mentioned in an item of Table 2 is flight-inspected by AA, acting in its capacity as a service provider under Part 171 of CASR, at intervals of not more than the period mentioned in column 4 of the item, after the previous flight inspection of the radio-navigation aid by AA in that capacity.

Table 2: Flight inspection requirements for NAVAIDs used by Global Airspace Solutions
Item	Column 1 Location	Column 2 Identification	Column 3 NAVAID	Column 4 Flight check period
1	Amberley	AMB	TACAN (112.5)	12 months
2	Nowra	INA	Each of the following: (a) LOC (108.5); (b) GP; (c) DME (108.5)	6 months
3	Nowra	NWA	NDB (359)	36 months
4	Nowra	NWA	TACAN (116.4)	12 months
5	Nowra	NWR	TACAN (112.4)	12 months
6	Pearce	IPE	Each of the following: (a) LOC (110.7); (b) GP; (c) DME (110.7)	6 months
7	Pearce	IPC	Each of the following: (a) LOC (111.9); (b) GP; (c) DME (111.9)	6 months
8	Pearce	PEA	TACAN (112.8)	12 months
9	Pearce	PEA	NDB (340)	36 months
10	Richmond	RIC	NDB (347)	36 months