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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 11 : Procedures for making regulations and technical standards, granting exemptions and notifying differences

Subpart 5 : National Airspace Committee

11.05.1 Institution of NASCOM

[Regulation 11.05.1 Heading substituted by regulation 4(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(1) The Director shall institute the National Airspace Committee to provide guidelines and recommendations to the Director on—
(a) designation of airspace referred to in Part 172;
(b) classification of designated airspace as per Part 172;
(c) introduction, amendment or withdrawal of airspace;
(d) allocation of ATS provided or intended to be provided within an airspace or at an aerodrome;
(e) validity of airspace structures and associated ATS provided within such structures as defined in the NAMP;
(f) introduction, amendment or withdrawal of CNS or ATM facilities where these affect the designation or classification of airspace or the NAMP;
(g) application for an aerodrome licence as well as any amendment thereof as per Part 139, where such aerodrome is situated—
(i) within any portion of airspace designated as a CTR or ATZ or within 10 NM of such airspace's boundary;
(ii) under any portion of airspace designated as a TMA as defined in Part 1;
(h) any matter relating to the national airspace, including such matter referred to it by the Director.

 

(2) The members of NASCOM shall be appointed as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 11 and shall consist of—
(a) a person designated by the Director, as chairperson; and
(b) such other persons appointed by those stakeholders and recognised by the Director, which shall include representation from—
(i) general aviation, recreational aviation and commercial aviation
(ii) the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Limited contemplated in section 2 of the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993 (Act no. 45 of 1993);
(iii) the South African National Defence Force;
(iv) the Airports Company contemplated in section 2 of the Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act No. 44 of 1993);
(v) the Department; and
(vi) any other stakeholder as determined by the Director.

 

(3) NASCOM shall, in consultation with the Director, determine the procedures to be followed in exercising its functions.

 

[Regulation 11.05.1 substituted by regulation 4(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]