CASA EX26/09 – Exemption – CASR Part 99 Standard for drug testing (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX26/09

I, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed John F. McCormick]

John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

20 March 2009

Exemption — CASR Part 99 Standard for drug testing

1Commencement

This instrument:

(a)   commences on 23 March 2009; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 22 September 2009.

2          Definitions

In this instrument;

oral fluid Standard means the relevant Standard mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of relevant Standard in subregulation 99.010 (1) of CASR 1998.

urine Standard means the relevant Standard mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of relevant Standard in subregulation 99.010 (1) of CASR 1998.

3          Application to an organisation’s DAMP

This instrument applies to drug testing under the drug and alcohol management plan (DAMP) of an organisation to which Subpart 99.B of CASR 1998 applies.

4          Exemption — quality control procedures for oral fluid and urine testing

The organisation’s DAMP is exempt from compliance with subparagraphs 99.050 (1) (a) (ii) and (iii) of CASR 1998 to the extent mentioned in section 5.

5          Extent of exemption

The exemption in section 4 extends only to the requirement for compliance with:

(a)   the quality control procedures mentioned in paragraph (d) and the subsequent 5 paragraphs of subsection 3.2 of the oral fluid Standard; and

(b)   the verification procedures mentioned in the following parts of the urine Standard:

(i)  paragraph 1.3.36, Verification of on-site procedures;

(ii)  Appendix B, Verification of performance of on-site devices around the cut-off (normative).