17Conditions of the exemptions — safety

17 Conditions of the exemptions — safety

(1) It is a condition of the exemptions in section 16 that the relevant operator must not commence a relevant aerial work operation of a kind that the operator was not authorised to conduct immediately before 2 December 2021 until the relevant operator has complied with the directions in section 18.

(2) It is a condition of the exemptions in section 16 that the relevant operator must ensure that:

(a) operational safety-critical personnel (the personnel) actively seek to identify safety risks arising from the operator’s operations; and

(b) the personnel bring identified safety risks to the attention of the operator’s key personnel as soon as practicable; and

(c) the operator’s key personnel:

(i) review the identified safety risks; and

(ii) if ongoing aviation safety requires the risks to be addressed — implement corrective safety controls as soon as practicable through changes to the operator’s operations manual; and

(d) the operator’s key personnel oversee the recording, and retention for the relevant period identified in the operator’s operations manual, of:

(i) the identified safety risks; and

(ii) the corrective safety controls implemented to address those risks; and

(e) procedures are set out in the operations manual designed to achieve the outcomes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d).