Regulations up for comment

There are two regulations up for comments during early December:

1. the National Road Traffic Regulations

The Department of Transport has published the National Road Traffic Regulations for comments. This is in accordance with section 75 (6) of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996· (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Comments can be emailed to John Motsatsing at motsatsj@dot.gov.za or Phillip Magagane at magaganp@dot.gov.za by 1 December 2008. The document is also available here: www.pmg.org.za/gazettes

2. the Civil Aviations Regulations

Under regulation 11.03.2(1 )(a) of the Civil Aviation Regulations, the Chairperson of the Civil Aviation Regulations Committee (CARCOM) hereby publishes for comment the proposed amendments to the Civil Aviation Regulations, 1997.

Comments can be emailed to Mr Jabulane Mashinini at mashininij@caa.co.za or Mr Herman Wildenboer at wildenboerh@caa.co.za by 8 December 2008.

The document is also available here: http://www.pmg.org.za/gazettes

Civil Aviation Bill

The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments that were made for the Civil Aviation Bill, following requests by the Committee in the previous week.

Documents handed out:
Department of Transport Proposed Amendments to Draft Bill
Department of Transport Proposed Section 15: Procedure & Requirements in appointing members of Aviation Safety Investigation Board
Discussion Document on Chapter 6
Civil Aviation Bill [B73 - 2008]

Civil Aviation Bill 2008

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The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has been briefed on the Civil Aviation Bill 2008.

Summary:

The Civil Aviation Bill was presented to the Committee. It was explained that the Bill was quite technical.

Its primary purpose was to ensure that there was compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), to improve civil aviation in South Africa as well as consolidation of legislation.

The Bill also introduced the creation of the Aviation Safety Investigation Board (ASIB) whose primary purpose was to identify safety deficiencies, report publicly on its findings and its sole objective was accident prevention.

The Civil Aviation Authority was also covered in clauses 70 to 78, and the Civil Aviation Authority Board in clauses 70 to 90. The monitoring and enforcement of regulatory compliance was set out in clauses 101 to 140. The National Civil Aviation Security Coordinator provisions were in clauses 141 to 151.

Members asked why the Security Coordinator was being paid by the Department, and it was explained that some of the institutional issues would be addressed again after public comment.

The comment was made that it would be useful to look at the International Organisation’s requirements and wording and that the Department must start to develop policy.

Further questions related to the replacement of the Director, the position of the Executive Board, the sub entities associated with the Appeals Board, the need for the Appeals Committee, the disparity between the treatment of disabled people on different flights and airlines, and the need to look again at the clause dealing with owners of aircraft.

A new Aviation wikipedia?

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A new website has been launched last month that aims to create a sharing space for pilots. "It's kind of like the Wikipedia for aviation," HowItFlies.com webmaster Keith West told AVweb

HowItFlies.com encourages pilots and aviators to share opinions, information, photos, videos, specs, and history of aviation.

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