Singapore legislation

Regulation 21

of Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018

Regulation 21

Operations Manual

Subregulation 1

An AOC holder must establish an Operations Manual for the approval of the Director‑General of Civil Aviation.

Subregulation 2

An AOC holder must ensure that the development of its Operations Manual takes into account human factors principles.

Subregulation 3

The Operations Manual established for the purposes of paragraph (1) must be in English and must include the following:

(a)

a statement by the AOC holder confirming that the Operations Manual —

(i)

accurately defines the AOC holder’s organisation and the operating procedures that the AOC holder’s personnel are required to comply with at all times; and

(ii)

demonstrates the means and methods of the AOC holder’s organisation for ensuring ongoing compliance with these Regulations and the applicable requirements of the Act; (b)the title and name of the accountable manager;

(c)

for every person employed or engaged by the AOC holder under regulation 12(3) —

(i)

the title and full name of that person; and

(ii)

the duties and responsibilities of that person, including any matter for which that person is responsible for dealing directly with the Director‑General of Civil Aviation on behalf of the AOC holder’s organisation;

(d)

for every location where the AOC holder has operations personnel based for the purpose of providing air transport operations —

(i)

a summary of the scope of the AOC holder’s activities at that location; and

(ii)

a summary of the AOC holder’s staffing structure for that location; (e)an organisation chart showing the lines of responsibility of every person employed or engaged by the AOC holder under regulation 12(3) and extending to every location where operations personnel are based for the purpose of providing air transport operations; (f)the details of the principal operating base, the main maintenance base and every other operating base that may be used;

(g)

the details of the resources required under regulation 14;

(h)

the details of the procedures necessary to ensure compliance with —

(i)

these Regulations;

(ii)

the Air Navigation (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 or the Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018, or both (as applicable); and

(iii)

the Air Navigation (98 — Special Operations) Regulations 2018, if applicable;

(i)

for every aircraft type operated by the AOC holder, the aircraft’s flight manual or equivalent;

(j)

the information on the maintenance arrangements;

(k)

the details of the procedures for the AOC holder’s compliance with the laws of any State outside Singapore in which the AOC holder operates; (l)the procedures to control, amend and distribute the AOC holder’s Operations Manual, including the distribution of the initial copy and all subsequent amendments made to the Operations Manual;

(m)

the procedures that are specified in these Regulations to be included in the AOC holder’s Operations Manual.

Subregulation 4

An AOC holder must update its approved Operations Manual in a timely manner and maintain it as necessary, except that no change or amendment to the scope of detail for any matter listed under paragraph (3) may be made without the approval of the Director‑General of Civil Aviation.

Subregulation 5

An AOC holder must ensure that every aircraft it operates is operated in accordance with the approved Operations Manual.