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CIVIL AVIATION (FEES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2007 (NO. 1) (SLI NO 116 OF 2007)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 116
Issued under the authority of the Minister for Transport and Regional Services
Civil Aviation (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)
Subsection 98 (1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act) provides, in part, that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act, or necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Under paragraph 98 (3) (u) of the Act, the power to make regulations includes the power to make regulations prescribing fees, either by specifying amounts or by prescribing a method of calculation, for services, applications or requests, or the doing of anything under the Act, the regulations or the Civil Aviation Orders (the CAOs).
The Civil Aviation (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1) (the new Fees Regulations) amend the Civil Aviation (Fees) Regulations 1995 (the old Fees Regulations) to revise and extend the list of services for which fees may be charged by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), and to increase the level of fixed fees and hourly rates. This is required as part of CASAs move to full cost recovery for its services in line with the Australian Governments policy on cost recovery.
Cost recovery policies
The Australian Government has adopted a formal cost recovery policy under which Government agencies should improve the consistency, transparency and accountability of their cost recovery arrangements and promote the more efficient allocation of their resources.
Under this policy, cost recovery broadly encompasses fees and charges for the provision of government goods and services (including regulation) to the private and other non-government sectors of the economy.
The government has issued Commonwealth Cost Recovery Guidelines for Information and Regulatory Agencies. These guidelines apply to all Australian Government agencies and authorities and have been developed to assist the design and implementation of the policy. Agencies and authorities are responsible for reviewing all cost recovery arrangements against these guidelines.
Response to cost recovery policies
A number of services were specified under the old Fees Regulations and fees were charged at either a fixed rate for particular services, or at an hourly rate based on the number of hours taken to provide the service. These services were charged across various elements of the aviation industry, but predominantly impact on licence and certificate holders.
In accordance with cost recovery policy, and in the context of its Long Term Funding Strategy (LTFS), CASA has carried out a rigorous cost recovery review involving examination of its operating costs and review of its activity levels to identify efficiencies and contain costs.
The LTFS for financial self-sustainability provides for an in-flow of revenue from cost recovery of $10.5m per annum from 1 January 2006 (the first phase), and $15m per annum from 1 July 2007 (the second phase). To ensure adequate time for the consultation process, the full cost recovery implementation program is comprised of 3 phases over a 3-year period that commenced on 1 January 2006. The new Fees Regulations represent the second phase of this process.
The cost recovery review for the second phase examined how best to achieve the LTFS targets by expanding the number of services for which CASA may charge a fee to the aviation industry on a cost recovery basis, and by increasing some of the fees in line with increased costs to CASA for providing the services.
To assist with implementing the second phase of its LTFS, CASA embarked on a significant consultation and communication program with the aviation industry about possible fee increases and new fee items (see further details below).
CASA reviewed and revised its cost modelling analysis to confirm and maintain the accuracy of its activity costing on which fees are based. The fixed and hourly rate fees charged under the new Fees Regulations reflect the calculations and outcome of this analysis. The new Fees Regulations continue to have 24 service categories covering a total of 231 fee items (including fees for aviation security related matters). Details of the activity costing process appear in the Cost Recovery Impact Statement (CRIS) certified by the Department of Finance and Administration and mentioned below.
Fee levels
Under the old Fees Regulations, there were 2 hourly rates of $130 and $150. The higher rate was payable where the service required a senior CASA officer, or an officer with particular experience or qualifications, such as an air transport Flying Operations Inspector. In addition, fixed fees were determined based on the $130 per hour rate for the usual length of time taken by CASA to complete a relatively predictable service routine that does not vary significantly from customer to customer.
Under the new Fees regulations, there are 4 hourly rates of $190, $160, $130, and $100. The highest rate of $190 is payable where the service requires a senior CASA officer, or an officer with particular experience or qualifications, such as an air transport Flying Operations Inspector. For most regulatory services not requiring this higher level of seniority and experience, the next hourly rate of $160 is chargeable.
Most fixed fees are determined based on the underlying rate of $160 per hour for the usual length of time taken by CASA to complete a relatively predictable service routine that does not vary significantly from customer to customer.
For some services which are delivered primarily by administrative rather than technical staff, the cost recovery hourly rate will be $130 or $100 per hour depending on the level of administrative staff involved in delivering the service. There was no equivalent to this approach in the old Fees Regulations.
Aviation security status checking
Fees for aviation security status checking and related matters have risen. Aviation security status checking for CASA will be conducted on a fee for service basis by the Attorney-Generals Department. The higher fees primarily include these third party costs to CASA. There is also a component to cover the cost of CASAs processing of applications for checking.
Travel costs
There will no longer be a separate fee equivalent to the reasonable cost of travel and related expenses for services delivered in Australia. However, a separate fee equivalent to such costs will be chargeable where the service is provided outside Australia.
In addition, where CASA has provided a regulatory service to a person outside Australia, travel expenses and the appropriate hourly rate fee will be charged where CASA considers that it is necessary to travel overseas to conduct a periodic safety audit or inspection on the premises, operations or activities of the person. Under the old Fees Regulations, such charges were payable for the renewal of certificates about to expire but not for perpetual certificates. Under the new Fees Regulations, the charges will be payable where CASA provides a service to a person outside Australia and CASA considers that it is necessary in the interests of safety for a CASA officer or another person on CASAs behalf to travel outside Australia to conduct an inspection and prepare a report.
Waivers
CASA will have a power to waive the payment of fee or part of a fee if there are special circumstances which make it inappropriate for the fee to be payable.
For example, from time to time it is appropriate to waive the payment of some fees by operators or pilots engaged in certain aviation fund-raising activities for charitable organisations. Also, from time to time, as it refines its safety rules and administration, CASA may require certain classes of operators or pilots to be re-issued with updated authorisations that reflect new administrative arrangements. The operators or pilots should not be required to pay fees for appropriate charitable fund raising or for documentation re-issued at CASAs initiative to facilitate the introduction of new administrative processes or systems.
Participation in CASA-approved trials of operations or technology is another example where it may be inappropriate for the fee to be payable. Here the longer term goal is to benefit aviation as a whole and it may be unfair to charge individual participants for the CASA services required to establish the trial. The absence of a waiver power can have the effect of making the payment of fees for such matters unavoidable.
Medical certificates
A new regulation, commencing on 1 June 2007, 1 month earlier than the other provisions in the Regulations, provides for the payment of reduced medical certificate fees if a person applies in June 2007 and completes the necessary medical examination and declaration during that month. The reduced fee will apply from 1 July 2007 also.
Transitional provisions
The new Fees Regulations include a number of transitional provisions based on those in the old Fees Regulations. These are designed to allow for a reasonably smooth and predictable transition to the new fee items and fee rates. Details are set out in Attachment 1.
Consultation
The new Fees Regulations are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (the LIA).
Consistent with section 17 of the LIA, CASA conducted a program of public consultation which involved extensive public and private consultation with the aviation industry.
Senior representatives of the aviation industry attended critical meetings of CASAs internal fees policy management committee, the Pricing Group, during the process of developing and approving the proposed new Fees Regulations.
Drafts of the proposed fee changes were widely published, initially in August 2006 and again, in revised form, in November 2006. The November 2006 revisions largely arose from the feedback received from the August 2006 exposure of the proposals.
As a critical component of that August 2006 exposure, CASA convened 7 major industry forums in Cairns, Brisbane, Bankstown, Hobart, Moorabbin, Perth and Adelaide to encourage and facilitate direct and indirect industry feedback. This first consultation period was kept open for correspondence and comment until the end of October 2006.
CASA received over 170 e-mails and just under a dozen other letters in the first round of consultation.
The second round of consultation closed on 12 January 2007. CASA received over 90
e-mails, and more detailed submissions from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Regional Aviation Association of Australia and Regional Express Pty Limited.
CASA took all consultation material into account in determining the appropriate scope and level of fees. For example, the decision to abolish domestic travel fees was made in direct response to representations made during the consultation process.
Office of Best Practice Regulation
The Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) has assessed that the preparation of a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for the new Fees Regulations. CASA has, however, prepared and certified with the Department of Finance and Administration a cost recovery impact statement (a CRIS) in accordance with Financial Management Guidelines. The CRIS is available on the CASA website.
Commencement
Following registration, the new fees for medical certificates commence on 1 June 2007. All other fee amendments commence on 1 July 2007.
Details of fees
Details of the new Fees Regulations are in Attachment 1. Specific details of the full range of CASA services and fees are in Attachment 2. Specific details of the fee items which are new, or which have increased, decreased or remained the same, or which have been transformed from fixed fees to hourly rate, are in Attachment 3. The descriptions of some fee items under the old Fees Regulations have been redrafted for clarity of application. The items and fees continue to be set out under the headings that were used in the old Fees Regulations.
Otherwise, to assist with financial and other monitoring, every effort has been made to maintain consistency between the item numbers of services under the old and the new Fees Regulations.
Details of the Civil Aviation (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)
Regulation 1 names the Regulations as the Civil Aviation (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1) (the new Fees Regulations).
Regulation 2 provides that regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1 commence on 1 June 2007 and that regulation 4 and Schedule 2 commence on 1 July 2007.
Regulation 3 provides that Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Civil Aviation (Fees) Regulations 1995 (the old Fees Regulations).
Regulation 4 is a transitional provision. Subregulation 4 (2) provides that if, under the old Fees Regulations, a fixed fee was payable for a service, and the person applied for the service and paid the old fee before 1 July 2007, no additional fee is payable under the new Fees Regulations even if the service is provided on or after 1 July 2006.
Subregulation 4 (3) provides that if, under the old Fees Regulations, a fee computed at an hourly rate was payable, and the person applied for the service before 1 July 2007 and received from CASA its written estimate of the amount of the fees payable, and CASA did not provide the service before 1 July 2007, the service must continue to be charged at the old hourly rate until the end of 30 September 2007.
Subregulation 4 (4) provides that if, under the new Fees Regulations, a fee computed at an hourly rate is payable but no fee was payable for the service under the old Fees Regulations, if a person applied for the service before 1 July 2007 the fee computed at the hourly rate is payable for the service only to the extent that the service is provided on or after 1 July 2007.
Item [1] provides that despite regulation 4, the fee payable by a person for the issue of a medical certificate is $75 if, during the month of June 2007, the person undergoes a medical examination with a designated aviation medical examiner, signs a medical questionnaire for the medical examination and lodges an application with CASA for the medical certificate.
Item [1] inserts two new definitions to explain the acronyms ASETPA (approved single engine turbine powered aeroplane) and ASIC (aviation security identification card).
Item [2] substitutes a new subregulation 4 (1).
New subregulation 4 (1) provides that for paragraphs 98 (3) (u) and (v) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 the fee for a service specified in an item in Schedule 1 is the amount specified in the item, or if the item contains the notation HR, is the amount calculated by the formula Rate x N. Rate and N are defined in subregulation 4 (2), inserted by item [3] mentioned below.
Item [3] substitutes a new subregulation 4 (2).
New subregulation 4 (2) indicates that in the formula N is the number of hours spent by CASA officers in the provision of the service and the Rate is as specified in subregulation 4 (2).
New subparagraph 4 (2) (a) (i) provides that the hourly rate for a service in items 2.12, 2.12A, 2.13, 2.14, 2.16, 2.17 and 15.9 of Schedule 1 which is inserted by item [10] is $130.
New subparagraph 4 (2) (a) (ii) provides that the hourly rate for a service in items 24.2, 24.5 and 24.8 will be $100.
New paragraph 4 (2) (b) provides that if the interests of the safety of air navigation require that the service be provided by a senior CASA officer, or a CASA officer with particular experience or qualifications, the hourly rate for the service is $190.
New paragraph 4 (2) (c) provides that in all other cases the hourly rate is $160 per hour.
An example explains that a service in a general aviation matter is likely to be charged at $160 per hour, and a service provided by an air transport Flying Operations Inspector at $190 per hour.
Item [4] amends subregulation 4 (6) so that CASA may only charge a separate fee for travel when the travel is outside Australia.
New subregulation 4 (6A) provides that if a service is provided to or for a person outside Australia, and following provision of the service, CASA considers that it is necessary in the interests of the safety of air navigation to inspect, assess and report on the persons premises, operations or activities, and for this purpose requires a CASA officer or another person acting on CASAs behalf to travel outside Australia, then a fee is payable equal to reasonable travel-related costs and a fee is payable at the hourly rate of $160 or $190, depending on the required seniority or experience of the CASA officer.
Item [6] omits new regulation 4 AA, as inserted by item [1] of Schedule 1 to the new fees regulations for certain applications for medical certificates lodged in June 2007, which will no longer be required on and after 1 July 2007. Regulation 4AA facilitates early introduction of the lower medical certificate fees and is not required on and after 1 July 2007 because Part 15 of Schedule 1, inserted by item [10], provides for the reduced medical certificate fees from 1 July 2007.
Item [7] replaces the table in subregulation 5 (2) to provide new fees and more accurate service descriptions for the processing and consideration of applications for aviation security status checks, verifications of identity for security designated authorisations, and replacement of aviation identification documents.
Item [8] replaces the table in subregulation 5 (4) to provide new fees and more accurate service descriptions for the processing and consideration of applications for the issue or replacement of aviation security identification cards (ASICs).
Item [9] provides a new regulation 6 to enable CASA to waive the payment of a fee or a part of a fee under the Regulations if CASA determines that special circumstances exist which make it inappropriate for the fee to be payable.
Item [10] replaces Schedule 1 to the old Fees Regulations with a new Schedule 1. New Schedule 1 lists by item, under appropriate headings, the services for which CASA charges the fees that are mentioned for each item.
New Schedule 1 includes, in redrafted form and under the same headings, the services for which fees are already being charged, along with some services for which fees are being charged for the first time. It contains for each service the appropriate fixed fee or hourly rate that, subject to the transitional provisions in regulation 4, is charged from 1 July 2007.
The detail for each service and fee is set out in Attachment 2.
Attachment 3 contains information, by reference to the item numbers in Attachment 2, about which fee items are new and which fees rates or levels have been varied by the new Fees Regulations.
ATTACHMENT 2
Details for Each Service and Fee
Part 1 Appointments and delegations
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
1.1 |
Appointment of a person (not an officer of CASA) as an authorised person for CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
1.2 |
Appointment of a person (not an officer of CASA) as a delegate of CASA for CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
1.3 |
Appointment of a person (not an officer of CASA) as an authorised person for CASR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
1.4 |
Appointment of a person (not an officer of CASA) as a delegate of CASA for CASR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
1.5 |
Appointment of a person (not an officer of CASA) as an authorised person for the Civil Aviation Orders or a specified provision of the Civil Aviation Orders processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 2 Certificates of approval, aircraft maintenance engineer licences, airworthiness authorities and aircraft welding authorities
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
2.1 |
Issue of a certificate of approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.1A |
Approval of additional activities to be covered by a certificate of approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.2 |
Processing of an application for examination in a core or specific group subject to qualify for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence |
$50 |
|
2.2A |
Examination in a core or specific group subject to qualify for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence |
$50 |
|
2.3 |
Examination in a part of a specific type subject to qualify for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence |
$320 |
|
2.4 |
Processing of an application for examination in a technical competency category mentioned in subregulation 31 (1) of CAR, from a person who: (a) satisfies the requirements of paragraph 31 (6) (a) of CAR; or (b) has, or has had, Australian Defence Force authorisation to issue a release to service, or its equivalent, for an Australian Defence Force operated aircraft or its equivalent |
$50 |
|
2.4A |
Examination in a technical competency category mentioned in subregulation 31 (1) of CAR of a person who: (a) satisfies the requirements of paragraph 31 (6) (a) of CAR; or (b) has, or has had, Australian Defence Force authorisation to issue a release to service, or its equivalent, for an Australian Defence Force operated aircraft, or its equivalent |
$50 |
|
2.5 |
The re-marking of a core or specific group subject examination script in an examination for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence |
HR |
|
2.6 |
The critique of an essay, or a multiple-choice answer paper, in an examination for an aircraft maintenance engineer licence |
HR |
|
2.7 |
Issue of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence processing of application |
$65 |
|
2.8 |
Issue of a rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on the applicants schedule of experience, per category consideration of application |
$390 |
|
2.8A |
Issue of a second or subsequent rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on the applicants schedule of experience, where the application is made simultaneously with the applicants application under item 2.8 for a rating for a different category consideration of application |
$260 |
|
2.9 |
Issue of a second or subsequent rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on the applicants schedule of experience, unless item 2.9A applies consideration of application |
$130 |
|
2.9A |
Issue of a second or subsequent rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on the applicants schedule of experience, if the rating is a category airframes Group 20 rating, or a category engines Group 21 or Group 22 rating consideration of application |
$260 |
|
2.10 |
Issue of a rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on practical consolidation training or an accelerated training program consideration of application |
$260 |
|
2.10A |
Assessment of participation in practical consolidation training or an accelerated training program that is to be added to a schedule of experience processing and consideration of application |
$260 |
|
2.11 |
Issue of a rating on an aircraft maintenance engineer licence based on the applicants overseas aircraft maintenance engineer licence consideration of application |
$260 |
|
2.12 |
Variation of a licence or rating referred to in any of items 2.7 to 2.11 (inclusive) |
HR |
|
2.12A |
Issue of a second or subsequent licence or rating referred to in any of items 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 and 2.11 |
HR |
|
2.13 |
Issue of an airworthiness authority processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.14 |
Issue of an aircraft welding authority processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.15 |
Written examination to qualify for a non-destructive testing authority issued under regulation 33D of CAR and CAO 100.27 |
$260 |
|
Oral or practical examination to qualify for a non‑destructive testing authority issued under regulation 33D of CAR and CAO 100.27 |
HR |
|
|
2.17 |
Examination to qualify for a welding authority or weight control authority |
HR |
|
2.18 |
Issue of a maintenance authority in 1 or more of the categories or subcategories mentioned in subsection 3 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.19 |
Issue of 1 or more ratings on a maintenance authority under subsection 16 or subsection 17 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.20 |
Verification of information about a maintenance authority for the purposes of validation or revalidation of the authority under subsection 7 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 |
HR |
|
2.21 |
Approval of a person as an accountable manager of a recognised organisation for Appendix 5 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.22 |
Approval as a recognised organisation under Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.23 |
Approval of an amendment to a recognised organisations exposition under Appendix 5 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.24 |
Approval of a location at which a recognised organisation may conduct training, knowledge examinations or practical assessments, under Appendix 5 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
2.25 |
Notified change to a recognised organisation processing of notification, and consideration of effect of proposed change on continued compliance with Appendix 5 of Civil Aviation Order 100.66, including the need to impose conditions on the approval |
HR |
Part 3 Maintenance
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
3.1 |
Approval of an aircraft component, or of the repair, or the design of a modification, of an aircraft or aircraft component processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.2 |
Approval of a permissible unserviceability under regulation 37 of CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.3 |
Approval of a minimum equipment list processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.4 |
Approval of a system of maintenance processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.5 |
Approval of a maintenance schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.6 |
Authorisation for a person to carry out maintenance processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.7 |
Approval of a system of certification of completion of maintenance for an Australian aircraft in Australian territory processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.8 |
Authorisation of a person to certify maintenance on an Australian aircraft overseas processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.9 |
Approval of instructions on how maintenance is to be carried out processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.10 |
Grant of an exemption from, or variation of, a requirement under regulation 42ZR of CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.11 |
Approval of a persons appointment as a maintenance controller processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
3.12 |
Approval for the use of an alternative to a log book or a section of a log book processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 4 Flight manuals
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
4.1 |
Preparing a flight manual, part of a flight manual, or an alteration of a flight manual processing or consideration of application |
HR |
Part 5 Qualifications of flight crew
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
5.1 |
Issue of a flight radiotelephone operator licence, unless the application is part of the application for a service under item 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.25, 5.25A or 5.25B processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
5.2 |
Issue of a student pilot licence processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
5.3 |
Issue of a restricted flight engineer licence processing and consideration of application |
$60 |
|
5.4 |
Approval of a pilot to give flying training processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.5 |
Approval to give conversion training processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.6 |
Appointment as an airship instructor processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.7 |
Grant of an exemption from any of the requirements of regulation 5.42 of CAR for a flight test processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
5.8 |
Approval of a persons appointment as the chief flying instructor of a flying school processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.9 |
Issue of a certificate of validation for private operations with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application processing and consideration of application |
$150 |
|
5.10 |
Issue of a certificate of validation for commercial operations with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application processing and consideration of application |
$200 |
|
5.10A |
Issue of a certificate of validation based on a certificate of validation that expired not more than 1 calendar month before the date of the application processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
5.11 |
Issue of a rating on a flight crew licence or a certificate of validation, with the endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
5.12 |
Issue of endorsements on a flight crew licence, a special pilot licence or a certificate of validation, being the endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
5.13 |
Private pilot licence examination |
$65 |
|
5.14 |
Commercial pilot licence examination, per subject |
$65 |
|
5.15 |
Air transport pilot licence examination, per subject |
$65 |
|
5.16 |
Student flight engineer licence examination, per subject |
$65 |
|
5.16A |
Issue of a student flight engineer licence processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
5.17 |
Examination for the purposes of issuing a rating on a licence |
$65 |
|
5.18 |
The re-assessment of a flight crew examination result |
$130 |
|
5.19 |
Flight test for a flight crew licence, rating or endorsement |
HR |
|
5.20 |
Issue of a private pilot licence, unless item 5.25 applies processing and consideration of application |
$60 |
|
5.21 |
Issue of a commercial pilot licence, unless item 5.25A applies processing and consideration of application |
$80 |
|
5.22 |
Issue of an air transport pilot licence, unless item 5.25B applies processing and consideration of application |
$100 |
|
5.23 |
Issue of a rating on a flight crew licence, a special pilot licence or a certificate of validation, with the endorsements that were included in the application processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
5.24 |
Issue of an endorsement on a flight crew licence, a special pilot licence or a certificate of validation, with the endorsements that were included in the application processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
5.25 |
Issue of a private pilot licence with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$140 |
|
5.25A |
Issue of a commercial pilot licence with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$160 |
|
5.25B |
Issue of an air transport pilot licence with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$180 |
|
5.25C |
Issue of a flight engineer licence with the ratings and endorsements that were included in the application, on the basis of an overseas qualification processing and consideration of application |
$180 |
|
5.26 |
Examination for qualification as a check flight engineer |
HR |
|
5.27 |
Issue of a flight engineer licence, unless item 5.25C applies processing and consideration of application |
$100 |
|
5.28 |
Issue of a special pilot licence, with the endorsements that were included in the application processing and consideration of application |
$140 |
|
5.30 |
Approval to conduct an emergency procedures proficiency test processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.30A |
Proficiency test under subparagraph 12.3 (a) of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.31 |
Application to be approved as proficient to conduct sling load operation training processing and consideration of application and assessment of demonstration of proficiency |
HR |
|
5.32 |
Issue of a mustering approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.33 |
Application to be approved as proficient to conduct winching or rappelling operation training processing and consideration of application and assessment of demonstration of proficiency |
HR |
|
5.34 |
Approval of a pilot to conduct direct supervision as an approved agricultural (helicopter) pilot processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
5.35 |
Exemption from compliance with subparagraph 4.2 (a) of Civil Aviation Order 40.1.7 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 6 Air operator certification
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
6.1 |
Issue of an AOC or an operating certificate processing and consideration of application; and, if necessary for consideration of the application, specific type training for CASA officers Note The cost of specific type training for a flying operations inspector or similar officer may be included in the fee if the AOC is for a specific aircraft type, for example, a first of type in Australia, for which CASA does not have the immediate expertise necessary to assess the aircraft and issue the AOC |
HR |
Part 7 Radio systems for use in, or in connection with, aircraft
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
7.1 |
Issue of an aircraft radiotelephone operator certificate of proficiency processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
Part 8 Aircraft operations generally
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
8.1 |
Authorisation for low flying or acrobatic flying over a training area processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.2 |
Permission to carry a firearm on an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.3 |
Permission to discharge a firearm from an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.4 |
Permission for an aircraft to tow something processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.5 |
Approval to drop articles from an aircraft in flight, or a supplementary permission under CAO 29.5 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.6 |
Permission to undertake low level aerobatics under regulation 156 of CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.7 |
Approval to fly over a regatta, race meeting or public gathering processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.8 |
Permission to fly lower than the prescribed height processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.9 |
Issue of a formation flying approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.10 |
Permission to fly an aircraft at night under V.F.R. lower than the prescribed height processing and consideration of application. |
HR |
|
8.11 |
RVSM airworthiness approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.12 |
RVSM operational approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.13 |
Assessment of a training program or training course for maintenance personnel |
HR |
|
8.14 |
Approval of a body as a training and checking organisation processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.15 |
Grant of an exemption from a requirement for a route qualification to act as pilot in command of a regular public transport service processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.16 |
Authorisation for a person to occupy a control seat processing and consideration of application |
$160 |
|
8.17 |
Approval for a person who does not hold a pilots licence to taxi an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
$160 |
|
8.18 |
Approval for a person who does not hold a pilots licence to start and run aircraft engines processing and consideration of application |
$80 |
|
8.19 |
Exemption from minimum runway width instructions processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.20 |
Permission to carry a person on, or in part of, an aircraft not designed for the accommodation of crew or passengers processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.21 |
Permission to carry a person on, or in, anything attached to an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.22 |
Directions for a type of safety harness to be worn in place of a seat belt processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.23 |
Approval of the operation of an aircraft where an exit or passageway is not kept free from obstruction processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.24 |
Permission to carry animals on an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.25 |
Approval to carry a person in a seat with dual controls on a regular public transport operation processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.26 |
Approval of a required navigation performance operation processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.26A |
Navigation authorisation under Subpart 91.U of CASR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.27 |
Approval for the conduct of an air display under CAO 29.4 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.28 |
Grant of an exemption against flight and duty time limits processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.29 |
Approval of a person as a check pilot or a training and checking manager processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.30 |
Approval to enter into a charter substitution arrangement processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.31 |
Approval of a persons appointment as chief pilot processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.32 |
Permission to employ a pilot who does not have the relevant qualifications set out in Appendix 4 of Civil Aviation Order 82.3, if the operator has established a satisfactory course of training processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.33 |
Permission to fly manned balloons and hot air airships in private operations for recreational purposes, otherwise than in accordance with paragraph 4.2 of Civil Aviation Order 95.54 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.34 |
Approval of an operator to conduct a charter operation carrying passengers for hire or reward at night under the V.F.R. or the I.F.R. in an approved ASETPA for subparagraph 174B (2) (d) (i) or subparagraph 175A (1) (d) (i) of CAR processing and consideration of application that is separate from an application for an AOC |
HR |
|
8.35 |
Approval of an ASETPA for subparagraph 174B (2) (d) (ii) or subparagraph 175A (1) (d) (ii) of CAR processing and consideration of application that is separate from an application for an AOC |
HR |
|
8.36 |
Inspection of an aeroplane, for sub-subparagraph 4.1 (h) (i) of Civil Aviation Order 95.55, before its initial flight processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.37 |
Approval of a pilot as an approved training pilot for subsection 12 of Civil Aviation Order 29.10 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.38 |
Permission for a foreign registered aircraft to operate on regulated domestic flights without an AOC processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.39 |
Permission for an aircraft possessing the nationality of a Contracting State to make a non-scheduled flight for reward into Australian territory to take on or discharge passengers, cargo or mail processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.40 |
Permission for a foreign aircraft not possessing the nationality of a Contracting State to make a non-scheduled flight over or into Australian territory for traffic purposes processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
8.41 |
Approval to use a night vision device as the primary means of terrain avoidance for safe air navigation by means of visual surface reference external to the aircraft, other than for the purposes of a CASA approved trial of the night vision device, for subsection 3D of Civil Aviation Order 82.0 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 9 Aircraft certification and related matters
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
9.1 |
Issue of a type certificate, a supplemental type certificate or a type acceptance certificate processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.2 |
Approval of a change in a type design processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.3 |
Issue of a production certificate processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.4 |
Approval of a production inspection system processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.5 |
Approval of a change or changes in a quality system processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.6 |
Certificate of airworthiness processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.7 |
Provisional or special certificate of airworthiness processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.8 |
Export airworthiness approval processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.9 |
Validation of a foreign certificate of airworthiness processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.10 |
Validation of a foreign export certificate of airworthiness processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.11 |
Issue of an experimental certificate processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.12 |
Replacement of a certificate of airworthiness that has been lost or destroyed processing and consideration of application |
$80 |
|
9.13 |
Issue of a special flight permit processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.14 |
Issue of a delegation option authorisation under regulation 21.239 of CASR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.15 |
Issue of an APMA processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
9.16 |
Issue of an ATSO authorisation processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 10 Airworthiness directives
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
10.1 |
Grant of an exclusion from the operation of an airworthiness directive processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
10.2 |
Review of the operation of an airworthiness directive processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 11 Display of nationality and registration marks and aircraft registration identification plates
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
11.1 |
Giving a direction about where markings are to be placed on an aircraft with a special configuration processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
11.2 |
Approval of the removal of, or a change to, the markings on an aircraft registration identification plate processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 12 Registration of aircraft and related matters
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
12.1 |
Registration of an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
12.2 |
Recording an aircrafts registered operator, or a change in an aircrafts registered operator processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
12.3 |
Recording the transfer of the ownership of an aircraft processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
12.4 |
Replacement of a certificate of registration that has been lost, stolen or destroyed processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
12.5 |
Reservation of a registration mark processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
12.6 |
Change of a registration mark processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
12.7 |
Giving a direction under paragraph 45.150 (2) (b) and subregulation 45.150 (3) of CASR about the location of an aircraft registration identification plate processing and consideration of application |
$260 |
|
12.8 |
Assignment of a dealers mark processing and consideration of application |
$130 |
|
12.9 |
Replacement of a certificate of assignment of a dealers mark |
$65 |
Part 13 Synthetic training devices
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
13.1 |
Initial evaluation and qualification of a synthetic flight trainer processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
13.2 |
Recurrent evaluation of a qualified flight simulator or qualified flight training device processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
13.3 |
Approval of a person as the user of a qualified flight simulator or qualified flight training device in a training and checking program processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
13.4 |
Special evaluation of a flight simulator or qualified flight training device regarding proposed modifications |
HR |
|
13.5 |
Special evaluation of a qualified flight simulator or qualified flight training device regarding its reactivation |
HR |
|
13.6 |
Approval of plan of transfer of flight simulator or qualified flight training device on change of operator processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 14 Air traffic services personnel licensing
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
14.1 |
Issue of an air traffic controller licence processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
14.2 |
Issue of a rating on an air traffic controller licence processing and consideration of application |
$65 |
|
14.3 |
Replacement of an air traffic controller licence that has been lost, stolen or destroyed |
$65 |
Part 15 Medical
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
15.1 |
Issue of a class 1 medical certificate processing and consideration of application |
$75 |
|
15.3 |
Issue of a class 2 medical certificate processing and consideration of application |
$75 |
|
15.5 |
Issue of a class 3 medical certificate processing and consideration of application |
$75 |
|
15.7 |
Reconsideration, under subregulation 67.190 (1) of CASR, of a decision to refuse to issue a medical certificate, or to issue it subject to a condition processing of application for a reconsideration, and reconsideration of the decision |
$150 |
|
15.8 |
Extension, under subregulation 67.215 (1) of CASR, of the period in force of a current medical certificate liable to lapse because of applicant or medical related delays processing and consideration of application |
$50 |
|
15.9 |
Determination of a test for paragraph 67.150 (6) (c) of CASR, simulating an operational situation for correct identification of relevant coloured lights processing of application, and determination and conduct of test |
HR
|
Part 16 Dangerous goods
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
16.1 |
Approval of a dangerous goods training course for employees processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
16.2 |
Grant of an exclusion under Part 92 of CASR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
16.3 |
Grant of a permission under section 23 of the Act processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
16.4 |
Approval to give instruction as part of an approved training course processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
16.5 |
Grant of an exclusion under regulation 92.080 of CASR (that is, from compliance with the requirements about dangerous goods statements) processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 17 Unmanned aircraft and rockets
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
17.1 |
Approval of an area for the purposes of operation of unmanned aircraft or rockets processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.2 |
Approval to operate unmanned aircraft near a non‑controlled aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.3 |
Approval to release small balloons processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.4 |
Approval of operation of a large UAV processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.5 |
Certification of a person as a UAV controller processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.6 |
Certification of a person as a UAV operator processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.7 |
Permission to launch a rocket near an aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.8 |
Approval of the use, in a firework display, of a projectile capable of reaching more than 400 feet above ground level processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
17.9 |
Approval to operate a firework display in or near a non‑controlled aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 18 Aerodromes
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
18.1 |
Grant of the exemption of an aerodrome from compliance with Part 139 or standards in MOS Part 139 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.2 |
Certification of an aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.3 |
Temporary certification of an aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.4 |
Approval of an aerodrome lighting system not specified in MOS Part 139 processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.5 |
Approval of the extension of the period for conducting an emergency exercise processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.6 |
Registration of an aerodrome processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.7 |
Approval of a person to conduct aerodrome safety inspections processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.9 |
Certification of an air/ground radio service processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.10 |
Certification of an air/ground radio service operator processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
18.11 |
Certification of a person or an organisation as an ARFFS provider processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 19 Air traffic service training providers
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
19.1 |
Approval as an ATS training provider processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 20 Aeronautical telecommunication service and radionavigation service providers
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
20.1 |
Approval as a service provider processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 21 Air traffic service providers
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
21.1 |
Approval as an ATS provider processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 22 Instrument flight procedure design
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
22.1 |
Issue of a procedure design certificate processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
22.2 |
Validation of a terminal instrument flight procedure processing and assessment of an application for the validation, and the provision of a pilot for the validation |
HR |
|
22.3 |
Approval of a persons appointment as chief designer processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
22.4 |
Approval of a training course to qualify as a qualified designer processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
22.5 |
Issue of a procedure design authorisation processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 23 Exemptions
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
23.1 |
Grant of an exemption from a provision of CAR for which no other fee is specified in this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
23.2 |
Grant of an exemption from a provision of CASR for which no other fee is specified in this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
23.3 |
Grant of an exemption, under a provision of the Civil Aviation Orders not elsewhere mentioned in this Schedule, from a provision of those Orders processing and consideration of application |
HR |
Part 24 Other miscellaneous services
|
Item |
Service |
Fee |
|
24.1 |
Approval (under the Civil Aviation (Buildings Control) Regulations 1988) to construct a building or structure processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.2 |
Copying (otherwise than under the Freedom of Information Act 1982) or replacing a document issued by CASA and for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.3 |
Provision of a flight crew licence, except at CASAs initiative, that updates an earlier version of the licence and for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
$25 |
|
24.4 |
Provision of a print-out of the civil aviation examination record in relation to a person, for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
$25 |
|
24.5 |
Provision of a civil aviation record in relation to a person, for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.6 |
Grant of an authorisation under regulation 11.055 of CASR for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.7 |
Issue of an instrument of direction, instruction, notification, permission, approval or authority (other than for the purposes of a CASA approved trial) under a provision of the Civil Aviation Orders for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.8 |
Provision of a document, however described, that is issued administratively by CASA, and for which no other fee is payable under this Schedule processing and consideration of application |
HR |
|
24.9 |
Grant of a temporary acceptance of a maintenance training course and related examination to enable the crediting of successful candidates of the course for compliance with an examination requirement under paragraph 31 (4) (e) of CAR processing and consideration of application |
HR |
ATTACHMENT 3
FEE CHANGES
NEW FEES
New hourly rate (HR) fee subregulation:
Subregulation 4 (6A)
New HR fee items:
|
1.5 |
2.1A |
2.18 |
2.19 |
2.20 |
|
2.21 |
2.22 |
2.23 |
2.24 |
2.25 |
|
5.30A |
|
8.26A |
8.34 |
8.35 |
|
8.36 |
8.37 |
8.38 |
8.39 |
8.40 |
|
8.41 |
15.9 |
24.5 |
24.6 |
24.7 |
|
24.8 |
24.9 |
|
|
|
New fixed fee items:
|
2.10A |
5.10A |
5.16A |
15.7 |
15.8 |
|
24.3 |
24.4 |
|
|
|
EXISTING HR FEES
HR fees that are reduced:
24.2
HR fees that stay the same:
|
2.12 |
2.12A |
2.13 |
2.14 |
2.16 |
2.17 |
HR fees that are increased:
All other hourly rate fees are increased
EXISTING FIXED FEES
Fixed fees that are reduced by regulation:
Regulation 4AA for issue of medical certificates in June 2007
Fixed fees that are reduced:
|
2.2 |
2.2A |
2.4 |
2.4A |
2.8 |
|
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.9 |
5.10 |
|
5.11 |
5.12 |
5.20 |
5.21 |
5.22 |
|
5.23 |
5.24 |
5.27 |
5.28 |
7.1 |
|
9.12 |
12.4 |
|
|
|
Fixed fees that stay the same:
|
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.10 |
2.11 |
2.15 |
|
5.7 |
5.13 |
5.14 |
5.15 |
5.16 |
|
5.17 |
5.18 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
12.3 |
|
12.5 |
12.6 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
12.9 |
|
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.3 |
|
|
Fixed fees that are increased:
|
2.3 |
5.25 |
5.25A |
5.25B |
5.25C |
|
8.16 |
8.17 |
8.18 |
|
|
OTHER FEE CHANGES
Items changed from fixed fees to HR:
|
2.5 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
8.20 |
8.22 |
|
8.24 |
11.1 |
11.2 |
|
|
Deleted items:
5.29 relocated in redraft under 5.28
12.10 no longer to be charged
15.2, 15.4, and 15.6 not required as renewals are under 15.1, 15.3 or 15.5.
18.8 not applicable