2EHF&NTS program amendment process

2E HF&NTS program amendment process

2E.1 An operator, who does not have an HF&NTS program amendment process approved by CASA, must not amend the operator’s approved HF&NTS program without CASA’s approval.

2E.2 For paragraph 2E.1, CASA’s approval may only be given in the form of a new HF&NTS program approval.

2E.3 If an operator has an HF&NTS program amendment process, it must be approved in writing by CASA at the time CASA approves the operator’s HF&NTS program.

2E.4 An approved HF&NTS program amendment process must have the capacity to identify and record reliable information from which a reasoned and persuasive safety case may be developed to demonstrate whether or not a proposed amendment to the HF&NTS program is likely to:

(a) maintain at least the same level of safety as that which exists under the HF&NTS program at the time of the proposed amendment; or

(b) increase the level of safety above that which exists under the HF&NTS program at the time of the proposed amendment.

2E.5 If an operator has an approved HF&NTS program amendment process, the operator may, without CASA’s approval, make a proposed amendment to the operator’s approved HF&NTS program but only if:

(a) the proposed amendment is:

(i) merely editorial; or

(ii) such that no reasonable person could doubt that the proposed amendment increases the level of safety above that which exists under the SMS at the time of the proposed amendment; or

(b) a safety case developed in the HF&NTS program amendment process demonstrates that the proposed amendment is likely to:

(i) maintain at least the same level of safety as that which exists under the HF&NTS program at the time of the proposed amendment; or

(ii) increase the level of safety above that which exists under the HF&NTS program at the time of the proposed amendment.

2E.6 If an operator makes an amendment to the operator’s approved HF&NTS program in accordance with this subsection, the amendment must not take effect until it is documented by being incorporated into every copy of the HF&NTS program documents used by the operator to which the amendment is relevant.

2E.7 If an operator makes an amendment to the operator’s approved HF&NTS program in accordance with this subsection, the amendment must be notified in writing to CASA in accordance with a procedure and timetable that must be set out in the operator’s approved HF&NTS program amendment process.

2E.8 An approved HF&NTS program amendment process may only be altered in accordance with subsection 2F.