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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 64  : Cabin Crew Licensing

Subpart 1 : General

64.01.9 Designation of examiner

 

(1) The Director may designate an examiner to conduct skill tests and to issue skill test reports.

 

(2) The privileges referred to in subregulation (1) must be exercised and performed according to the conditions, rules, requirements, procedures or standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 64.

 

(3) The Director must sign and issue to each designated examiner a document which must state the full name of such examiner and contain a statement that—
(a) such examiner has been designated in terms of subregulation (1); and
(b) such examiner is empowered to exercise the privileges referred to in subregulation (1).

 

(4) An applicant for designation as examiner referred to in subregulation (1) must be accompanied by—
(a) proof of compliance with appropriate requirements as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 64;
(b) details of a licence and any rating to which such application relates; and
(c) the appropriate fee as prescribed in part 187.

[Regulation 64.01.9(4) substituted by regulation 14(a) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(5) A designated testing standards officer or inspector must conduct surveillance over the activities of an examiner on an annual basis, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 64.

 

(6) A designated testing standards officer or inspector may suspend a designation issued in terms of subregulation (1) if—
(a) immediate suspension is necessary in the interest of aviation safety;
(b) the designated testing standards officer or inspector is prevented by the designated examiner from carrying out any safety inspection and audit or from performing any of the functions that the designated testing standards officer or inspector is permitted to perform in terms of the Act and these Regulations; or
(c) it is evident that the designated examiner does not comply with the relevant requirements prescribed in this Part, after such examiner has been given at least 14 days within which to comply therewith and has been notified of the proposed suspension and the reasons thereof.

 

(7) The provisions of regulation 185.00.4 apply, with the necessary changes, with regard to the suspension referred to in subregulation (6).