3Definitions

3 Definitions

Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include aircraft and state aircraft, as defined in the Act, and IFR, military aerodrome and terminal instrument flight procedure, as defined in the CASR Dictionary.

In this instrument:

Act means the Civil Aviation Act 1988.

AIP-ERSA: see section 13.

CASR means the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

certified designer has the meaning given by regulation 173.015 of CASR.

Note Regulation 173.015 provides that a certified designer is a person who holds a procedure design certificate that is in force. Procedure design certificates are issued by CASA under Subpart 173.B of CASR.

chief designer has the meaning given by regulation 173.010 of CASR.

design work, in relation to a terminal instrument flight procedure, means any of the following work:

(a) designing the procedure or a part of the procedure;

(b) verifying, maintaining, reviewing or amending the procedure;

(c) supervising a person carrying on any work mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

employee, of a relevant designer, includes a person who carries on design work on a terminal instrument flight procedure for the designer in the course of performing services for the designer.

ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS-OPS) means Doc.8168‑OPS/611 Volume II (Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures) approved and published by decision of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, as in force from time to time.

joint user aerodrome means an aerodrome that is a joint-user airport (within the meaning of the Airports Act 1996).

Note At the commencement of this instrument, Darwin (YPDN) and Townsville (YBTL) were joint user aerodromes.

listed military aerodrome: see section 5.

obstacle limitation surfaces: see section 13.

PANS-OPS surface: see section 13.

Part 139 Manual of Standards means the Part 139 (Aerodromes) Manual of Standards 2019.