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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 65  : Air Traffic Service Personnel Licensing

Subpart 12 : Area Control (Surveillance) Rating

65.12.10 Duration or renewal of area control (surveillance) validation

 

(1) An area control (surveillance) validation shall be valid for a period not exceeding 12 months calculated from the date of validation of the rating or from the date of the last competency assessment completed to renew such validation in accordance with the provisions of this regulation or regulation 65.12.11, as the case may be.

 

(2) To renew an area control (surveillance) validation, the holder thereof shall prior to the expiry of the validation, have passed a competency assessment as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 65, conducted by a validation examiner designated in terms of regulation 65.01.9.

 

(3) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (4), the validation examiner shall provide the Director with a signed certificate of competency as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 65.

 

(4) If the result of the competency assessment contemplated in subregulation (2) reveals that the holder of the rating has failed to maintain the minimum standard required to exercise the privileges referred to in regulation 65.12.8, the validation examiner shall—
(a) report such result to the Director;
(b) suspend the applicable validation in writing: and
(c) immediately inform the holder of the rating that they do not meet the requirements for revalidation of the rating and that they must not exercise the privileges of the rating until such time that they meet the requirements for revalidation or re-issue of the rating.