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SOME TAILORING OF REGULATIONS

INTRODUCTION
1. The regulations have been designed to ensure the airworthiness of aircraft in all the missions they are likely to undertake. Thus, the regulations are quite obviously based around getting and maintaining a type certificate and other aviation-related assurances of safety. Many of these regulations may not be relevant to some design agencies. 2. Also, given the inherent danger associated with flight and the unusual operational and logistic circumstances within SAO, the State regulations include a number of provisions that may be overly burdensome for some design organisations. Those organisations whose designs dont (or are extremely unlikely to) affect the airworthiness of an aircraft may be able to tailor the regulations to moderate some of the stricter rules contained therein.

TAILORING THE REGULATIONS

Removing Unnecessary Regulations 3. For example, organisations working with ground-based equipment, even those with airworthiness implications would normally not need to consider any of the regulations associated with getting a type certificate, obtaining special flight permits and the like. Thus it would be reasonable to allow such organisations to tailor the regulations to remove those areas which obviously do not comply. Reducing the Rigour of Rules 4. For example, organisations working with purely mission-related software, like many (but not all) EW applications, may seek to reduce the academic qualifications required of Design Engineers. Such a relaxation may allow personnel with Computer Science degrees (or equivalent) to exercise some of the authority normally reserved for personnel with full engineering degrees. Use of Professional Judgement in Tailoring 5. It is impossible for DJTA to know in advance exactly which regulations dont apply (or dont apply fully) to all the organisations currently performing design in the SAO. Thus DJTA relies upon those organisations seeking to tailor the regulations for their use to employ their professional judgement in determining how they believe the regulations should be applied to their organisations. However, DJTA will assess and approve this proposed tailoring as described below.

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COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
6. All organisations, no matter the class of engineering activities they undertake, are required to apply for engineering authority. The document forming the cornerstone of this application is the Engineering Management Plan (EMP). Organisations which have assessed their design activities as falling into one of the classes allowing some tailoring of the regulations are required to submit an EMP exactly as required by the regulations which includes, in addition to the normal requirements: a. b. c. the rationale for the classification of the organisations design activities; the tailoring of the regulations proposed; and the rationale for the tailoring of the regulations.

7. Organisations which have assessed their design activities as falling into one of the classes allowing some tailoring of the regulations will be assessed by DJTA using the same considerations and methodologies as those organisations showing full compliance.

NOTE: This does not automatically mean third party audits by DJTA staff.

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