Part 65 (Air Traffic Service Licensing) Amendment (Fatigue Rules) Manual of Standards 2023 (Cth)

I, philippa jillian spence, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.068 and 65.033 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed P. Spence] Pip Spence Director of Aviation Safety 31 July 2023 Part 65 (Air Traffic Service Licensing) Amendment (Fatigue Rules) Manual of Standards 2023

1 Name of instrument This instrument is the Part 65 (Air Traffic Service Licensing) Amendment (Fatigue Rules) Manual of Standards 2023.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on the commencement of the Part 172 (Air Traffic Service Providers) Amendment (Fatigue Rules) Manual of Standards 2023.

3 Amendment of the Manual of Standards for Part 65 Schedule 1 amends the Manual of Standards issued by CASA under regulation 65.033 of CASR. Note See the definition of Manual of Standards in regulation 65.010 of CASR.

Schedule 1 Amendments

[1] Section 1.2, table, after the table row relating to the definition of "endorsement" insert Fatigue See Section 14.01.

[2] After Chapter 13 insert

CHAPTER 14: CONDITIONS ON LICENCES FOR FATIGUE MANAGEMENT

14.01 Definitions for Chapter 14 In this Manual of Standards: fatigue, for the holder of an ATC licence or a flight service licence, means a physiological state of reduced alertness or capability to perform mental or physical tasks, which: (a) may impair the ability of the person to perform the person's safety-related duties; and (b) is caused by one or more of the following: (i) the person's lack of sleep; (ii) the person's extended wakefulness; (iii) the person's circadian phase at any time; (iv) the person's workload of mental activities, or physical activities, or mental and physical activities at any relevant time. Note Chapter 4 of the Manual of Standards issued for Part 172 of CASR (the Part 172 MOS) provides for ATS providers to have and implement a fatigue risk management system (FRMS), approved by CASA, for the management of fatigue in its provision of air traffic services. See the definition of fatigue risk management system in section 4.02 of the Part 172 MOS. flight service licence: see the CASR Dictionary.