2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June The Europe-US International Aviation Safety Conference 2005 ‘ Aviation Safety Regulation – Setting the Sights for the Future’ A Strong Bilateral Relationship. Australia and New Zealand John (Hondo) Gratton CASA Steve Douglas CAA NZ

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 2  Close Friends – Australia/ New Zealand  Separated by the Tasman Sea and 4 hours flight time.  Population - 20M/4M.  Size – 7.6 M sg kms/ 270k sq kms –Shared history  Close aviation industry  Aircraft Registered – 14,000/3,800 *  AOC Holders /160 –Both countries have light aircraft design and production industries.

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 3  Inter Government initiatives  Whole of Government/s approach.  Closer Economic Ties Regulations  Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement - Covers virtually all personnel licensing, eg plumbers, painters and pilots. Some additional controls added by Authorities.

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 4  CASA/CAA Initiatives  Mutual acceptance of TC/STC/TSOA/APMA.  Rules – Exchange of views/ common outcomes.  Workforce – Exchange/lending of resources or expertise.  Economic Reality  Workforce – Regular Trans Tasman migration of workers.  Corporate – Many bi-National companies.  Global – Both countries in a ‘global’ competition.

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 5  Australia/New Zealand Open Skies Agreement  In 1996 Both governments agreed on a Single Aviation Market principle leading to mutual recognition of Air Operators certificates.  I will now ask Steve Douglas to cover this in some detail.

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 6 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  Origins of Aust/NZ Mutual Recognition  1996 Single Aviation Market Arrangements  Removed route and capacity restrictions  Part of wider CER objectives  “Open Skies” Air Services Agreement  2000 Commitment by Transport Ministers  Airlines wanted full benefits of SAM/Open Skies  Removal of duplicate certification  Reduced compliance costs

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 7 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  What was the MR Brief?  Broad commitment by safety authorities-  “Cooperating with a view to achieving mutual recognition of all aviation related certification not covered by TTMRA by December 2003”  Authorities to determine “what” and “how”  Project brought together Aus/NZ agencies  CASA/CAA/DOTARS/NZMOT  Policy/legal/operational expertise  Regular meetings from Aug 2001  Steering Group + specialist sub groups

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 8 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  MR Regime proposed:  Recognises the comparable level of safety achieved under each country’s civil aviation regulatory system, within scope of ASA  Accepts that detailed differences exist in requirements, standards and application of regulatory processes in each system  Allows eligible air operators to conduct domestic operations in other country without issue of “host” AOC  Airline AOCs issued by CASA and CAA  Part 119/121 operations > 30 pass seats

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 9 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  MR Principles adopted  Recognition of AOCs for airlines domiciled in each country – “AOCs with ANZA privileges”  Recognition achieved in both countries by adoption of similar provisions in respective Acts - “Mirror” legislation  Recognition confined initially to airline sector  Regulatory systems remain intact and are not “mixed” – one AOC/responsible authority  High-level Agreement  States MR principle  Charts future direction  Provides for Operational Agreement &  Cooperation in application and enforcement of MR by each authority

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 10 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  How MR regime deals with safety issues  “Temporary stop notice” - operator to stop operations when host authority determines there is a serious risk to safety  Requires the “home” regulator to act immediately to consider the safety issue  Notice issued for period of up to 7 days  Obligation on AOC holder to immediately cease operations upon receipt of notice  Provision for change of operator “domicile”  Where authorities direct this in interest of civil aviation safety, or  When holder no longer meets criteria regarding location of effective management control

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 11 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand  Authorities to consult on application of MR  Information on standards and procedures  Status of MR proposal  NZ Act amendment assent March 2004  Aus legislation to be reintroduced mid 2005; follows 2004 review by Senate Committee  Project success factors …  High level focus maintained  Knowledge/understanding of each other’s systems  Joint development of MR legislation

2005 Europe/US International Aviation Safety Conference, Cologne 7-9 June 12 Mutual Recognition in Australia and New Zealand Representing a strong Bilateral Relationship, Australia and New Zealand are happy to have provided this presentation to the Europe/US International Safety Conference 2005