1CASA EX48/24 — DAMP Organisations (Collecting and Screening of Oral Fluid and Urine Body Samples Outside Capital City Areas) Exemption 2024

Instrument number CASA EX48/24

I, DANIEL BERNARD O’HAGAN, Manager, Legislative Drafting, Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed D.B. O’Hagan]

Danny O’Hagan
Manager, Legislative Drafting
Legal, International & Regulatory Affairs Division

29 July 2024

CASA EX48/24 — DAMP Organisations (Collecting and Screening of Oral Fluid and Urine Body Samples Outside Capital City Areas) Exemption 2024

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX48/24 — DAMP Organisations (Collecting and Screening of Oral Fluid and Urine Body Samples Outside Capital City Areas) Exemption 2024.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 August 2024; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 31 July 2027.

3 Definitions

In this instrument:

ASGS means the Australian Statistical Geography Standard – Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as it exists from time to time.

capable person means a person who, before collecting oral fluid or urine body samples or conducting on-site screening of urine body samples:

(a) affirms in writing to CASA that the person:

(i) has successfully completed training in the collecting or screening previously mentioned, as the case requires (the training); and

(ii) has demonstrable competency in such collecting or screening; and

(b) includes in the affirmation:

(i) the name, address and qualifications of the person who gave the training; and

(ii) a description of the training.

collecting agency means an organisation assuming professional, organisational, educational and administrative responsibility for collection, on-site screening, storage and despatch of urine or oral body samples.

collection means on-site collection, storage, handling and, if necessary, despatch, of oral fluid or urine body samples.

course of instruction means a course of instruction, in compliance with the oral fluid standard or the urine standard, that:

(a) is for specimen collection, on-site screening (urine only), handling, storage and despatch of specimens; and

(b) results in the issue of a statement of attainment for the course in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework or the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.