Australian Airspace Policy Statement 2021 (Cth)

Australian Airspace Policy Statement 20211 Airspace Act 2007

I, BARNABY JOYCE, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, make this Statement under section 8 of the Airspace Act 2007.

Dated 19 November 2021

BARNABY JOYCE Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

1 Name of Statement This Statement is the Australian Airspace Policy Statement 2021. 2 Commencement This Statement commences on 24 November 2021.

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Australian Airspace Policy Statement

Name of Instrument

1. This instrument is the Australian Airspace Policy Statement (AAPS) 2021.

Commencement

2. This version of the AAPS commences on 24 November 2021 and repeals the previous AAPS, which commenced on 5 October 2018.

Definitions and Reference Documents

3. Expressions used in the AAPS are defined in the Glossary of Terms. Documents referenced in the AAPS, and details on how to access them, are listed at the end of the AAPS.

Purpose

4. The AAPS is made pursuant to Part 2 of the Airspace Act 2007. The AAPS provides the Commonwealth Government's airspace policy objectives and priorities to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). CASA must administer airspace, as a national resource, consistent with its legislative functions, government policy objectives and priorities, and Australia's obligations under the Chicago Convention. The AAPS is also intended to provide guidance for the aviation industry and other aviation agencies.

Function and powers of CASA in connection to Australian-administered airspace

5. The Civil Aviation Act 1988 (CAA 1998) provides the authority for CASA to perform its functions and exercise its powers. CASA will exercise its airspace regulatory functions through the Office of Airspace Regulation (OAR), which is a distinct operational unit of CASA.