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Australian Airspace Policy Statement 2012
54Like the corporate plan, CASA will also publish the OAR’s major initiatives and priorities and update these annually.Glossary of Terms
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54 Like the corporate plan, CASA will also publish the OAR’s major initiatives and priorities and update these annually.
Glossary of Terms
| AAPS | Australian Airspace Policy Statement – Instrument that provides guidance on the administration of Australian airspace. |
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| AIP | Aeronautical Information Publication – Published by Airservices Australia, containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. |
| Airservices | Airservices Australia – Australia’s air navigation service provider. |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control – Service provided by ground-based controllers to maintain a safe distance between aircraft and obstacles, within a confined airspace and on the airport surface. |
| ATM | Air Traffic Management – Includes ATC, airspace management and air traffic flow management. |
| Australian-administered airspace | Australian-administered airspace is made up of the following components:- the airspace over Australian territory; and- airspace that has been allocated by ICAO and for which Australia has accepted responsibility. |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority – Australia’s air safety regulator. |
| Chicago Convention | Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944) |
| Defence | Department of Defence – Australian Defence Force airspace interests are not limited to the Royal Australian Air Force but Defence airspace interests are usually represented by the Chief of Air Force. |
| Determination | A decision to change the class of a volume of airspace that is formalised as a legislative instrument in the FRLI. |
| FRLI | Federal Register of Legislative Instruments – An electronic repository and authoritative source of Commonwealth legislative instruments, explanatory statements and compilations. |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization – United Nations agency which oversees international air navigation. |
| IFR | Instrument Flight Rules – A set of flight rules that assume the visibility conditions are such that instruments must be used to assist with flying. |
| NOTAM | Notice to Airmen – A notice concerning the establishment, condition or change in any airspace, aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations. |