The Office of Airspace RegulationThe Office of Airspace Regulation

The Office of Airspace Regulation

5 CASA will exercise its airspace authority on the advice of an Office of Airspace Regulation (OAR), which will be a distinct operational unit of CASA. Under the Civil Aviation Act 1988, CASA must regard the safety of air navigation as the most important consideration and the OAR must approach the development of its advice on airspace regulation on the same basis.

6 The legislation and regulations which govern airspace administration require a broad range of activities to be undertaken by CASA. While the AAPS focuses on priorities and processes for a selection of those activities, all roles, functions and responsibilities under the Airspace Act 2007 and the Airspace Regulations 2007 must be fulfilled by CASA and the statement does not alter the primacy of the relevant legislative provisions.

7 Consistent with the Government’s policy of a harmonised national civil and military air traffic management system, better coordination of national civil and military airspace requirements will be facilitated by the placement of Defence officers, holding delegated powers under the relevant Defence legislation, within the OAR as OAR officers.