1CASA EX29/24 — Dangerous Goods (2-yearly Training Requirement) Instrument 2024

Instrument number CASA EX29/24

I, MATTHEW IAN BOUTTELL, Executive Manager, Regulatory Oversight, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160, 11.205 and 11.245 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Matt Bouttell]

Matt Bouttell
Executive Manager, Regulatory Oversight

14 June 2024

CASA EX29/24 — Dangerous Goods (2-yearly Training Requirement) Instrument 2024

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX29/24 — Dangerous Goods (2-yearly Training Requirement) Instrument 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

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

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 May 2027.

3 Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

Australian freight forwarder means a freight forwarder carrying on business in Australia on behalf of an Australian aircraft operator.

Australian ground handling agent means a ground handling agent carrying on business in Australia on behalf of an Australian aircraft operator.

exempted person means a person exempted under section 4.

screening authority has the meaning given by regulation 1.03 of the Aviation Transport Security Regulations 2005.

(2) An expression used in this instrument that is defined in subregulation 92.010(1) of CASR has the meaning given by the subregulation, including: Australian aircraft operator, freight forwarder, ground handling agent, shipper of dangerous goods, Technical Instructions.

4 Exemptions

(1) An Australian aircraft operator is exempt from compliance with paragraph 92.095(2)(b) of CASR.

(2) An Australian ground handling agent is exempt from compliance with paragraph 92.100(1)(b) of CASR.

(3) An Australian freight forwarder is exempt from compliance with paragraph 92.105(1)(b) of CASR.

(4) A screening authority is exempt from compliance with paragraph 92.115(2)(b) of CASR.

(5) A shipper of dangerous goods is exempt from compliance with paragraph 92.120(1)(b) of CASR.

(6) Each exemption mentioned in this section is subject to the conditions in section 5.

5 Conditions

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the exempted person must ensure that each of the person’s employees undertakes the recurrent training within the period commencing at the end of the month in which the employee last undertook the training, whether initial or recurrent, and ending after 24 months (the extended validity period).