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CASA EX22/10 – Exemption – CASR Part 99 Standard for drug testing

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This instrument temporarily excused aviation organisations subject to Subpart 99.B (those with Drug and Alcohol Management Plans) from specified quality‑control/verification procedures for saliva and urine drug testing. It did not suspend drug testing or other safety requirements—only certain technical checks around equipment verification—and operated from April 2010 until March 2011.

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CASA EX22/10 – Exemption – CASR Part 99 Standard for drug testing

Instrument number CASA EX22/10

I, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed John F. McCormick]

John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety

08 April 2010

Exemption — CASR Part 99 Standard for drug testing

1 Commencement

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 31 March 2011.

2 Definitions

In this instrument;

oral fluid Standard means the relevant Standard mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of relevant Standard in subregulation 99.010 (1) of CASR 1998.

urine Standard means the relevant Standard mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of relevant Standard in subregulation 99.010 (1) of CASR 1998.

3 Application to an organisation’s DAMP

This instrument applies to drug testing under the drug and alcohol management plan (DAMP) of an organisation to which Subpart 99.B of CASR 1998 applies.

4 Exemption — quality control procedures for oral fluid and urine testing

The organisation’s DAMP is exempt from compliance with subparagraphs 99.050 (1) (a) (ii) and (iii) of CASR 1998 to the extent mentioned in section 5.

5 Extent of exemption

The exemption in section 4 extends only to the requirement for compliance with:

(a) the quality control procedures mentioned in paragraph (d) and the subsequent 5 paragraphs of subsection 3.2 of the oral fluid Standard; and

(b) the verification procedures mentioned in the following parts of the urine Standard:

(i) paragraph 1.3.36, Verification of on-site procedures;

(ii) Appendix B, Verification of performance of on-site devices around the cut-off (normative).

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