Civil Aviation Order 52.1 - Use of airspace - Directions under r 99AA about the use of class A airspace (31/01/2002) (Cth)

Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. 3) 2002

I, MICHAEL ROBERT TOLLER, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under subregulation 99AA (5) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed M. Toller]

Mick Toller Director of Aviation Safety

31 January 2001

__________________ 1 Name of Order This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. 3) 2002. 2 Commencement This Order commences on gazettal. 3 Amendment of the Civil Aviation Orders Schedule 1 amends the Civil Aviation Orders.

Schedule 1 Amendment of the Civil Aviation Orders 1 After Part 51 insert PART 52 SECTION 52.1 DIRECTIONS UNDER REGULATION 99AA OF CAR 1988 ABOUT THE USE OF PART OF CLASS A AIRSPACE 1 Interpretation 1.1 In this section, unless the contrary intention appears: AIP means the Aeronautical Information Publications as existing on 29 November 2001. ATC means air traffic control. Class A / RVSM airspace means any part of Class A airspace that is, or was, on 1 November 2001, airspace of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of RVSM airspace in subregulation 2 (1) of CAR 1988 (i.e. airspace identified in AIP to be airspace where a vertical separation minimum of 1000 feet applies). cleared flight level, for an aircraft, means the flight level that is assigned by ATC to the aircraft. essential RVSM equipment has the meaning given by paragraph 1.2. oceanic control area means any airspace described as an oceanic control area in the AIP. primary altitude measurement system, for an aircraft, means each of the 2 independent altitude measurement systems on board the aircraft that: (a) meet the requirements of ICAO Doc. 9574-AN/934; and (b) are designated by the aircraft's manufacturer as being primary systems. RVSM (operations) approved aircraft means: (a) an aircraft covered by an RVSM operational approval; or (b) an aircraft: (i) for which an RVSM foreign airworthiness approval is in force; and (ii) that an operator is approved to operate in RVSM airspace under an approval (however described) given by the competent authority of the country that issued the RVSM foreign airworthiness approval for the aircraft. TCAS II has the meaning given by regulation 262AA of CAR 1988. traffic advisory has the meaning given by regulation 262AA of CAR 1988. 1.2 The essential RVSM equipment of an aircraft consists of: (a) 2 independent altitude measurement systems; and (b) a secondary surveillance radar transponder that has an altitude-reporting system that can be switched to operate from either of the altitude measurement systems; and (c) an altitude alert system; and (d) an automatic altitude control system;