Confidential Audit Final Report of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia was audited from 9 to 20 August 1999 by an ICAO safety oversight audit team in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed on 28 July 1999 between Australia and ICAO and included in Attachment A to the Interim Report forwarded to Australia on 10 September 1999. The audit was carried out pursuant to Assembly Resolution A32-11, with the objective of ascertaining the safety oversight capability of Australia and to ensure that it is in conformity with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) as contained in Annexes 1, 6 and 8 to the Chicago Convention and related provisions in other Annexes, guidance material and relevant safety-related practices in general use in the aviation industry as referred to in such material.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 List of ICAO documents referred to in this report
  • 1.2 List of the audited States documents referred to in this report
  • 1.3 Background
  • 1.4 Safety oversight audit team composition
  • 1.5 State officials and industry personnel contacted
  • 1.6 Acknowledgments
• 2. Objectives and Activities of the Mission
• 3. Aviation Activities in Australia
• 4. Summary of Findings
• 5. Audit Results
  • 5.1 Primary aviation legislation in Australia
  • 5.2 Civil aviation regulations
  • 5.3 Civil aviation organization
  • 5.4 Personnel licensing and training
  • 5.5 Aircraft operations
  • 5.6 Airworthiness
  • 5.7 Visit to the industry
• 6. Follow-Up Action and Comments
• 7. ICAO SARPs Not Implemented

(Canberra, Bankstown, Sydney, Melbourne and Morwell) - 9 to 20 August 1999

Note: To ensure accuracy, some minor editorial and typographical changes have been made to this version.