| (1) | A holder of a heliport licence shall— |
| (a) | keep at least one complete and current copy of an approved heliport manual referred to in regulation 139.03.3, at a relevant heliport; |
| (b) | comply with all procedures detailed in its heliport manual; |
| (c) | make each applicable part of its heliport manual available to the personnel who require those parts to carry out their duties; |
| (d) | continue to comply with the appropriate requirements prescribed in this Part; and |
| (e) | comply with the requirements of Part 140. |
[Regulation 139.03.19(1) substituted by regulation 19(n) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
| (2) | A holder of a heliport licence must ensure that— |
| (a) | a heliport concerned is maintained in a serviceable condition; |
| (b) | a heliport concerned is kept free of unauthorised persons, vehicles or animals not under proper control, in compliance with the Act; |
| (c) | in a heliport concerned is marked as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (d) | the Director is informed of any alteration to or obstruction or working on a heliport concerned; |
| (e) | an apparatus to show the surface direction of the wind, is installed in a heliport concerned and functions satisfactorily; |
| (f) | the markings as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139, are maintained in a conspicuous condition, readily visible to helicopters in the air or on the ground; |
| (g) | accommodation and facilities offered to the public in a heliport concerned are available and in a serviceable condition; |
| (h) | any apparatus installed by such holder to promote safety in flight, is functioning efficiently; |
| (i) | any unserviceable on a landing terrain is appropriately marked as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (j) | the Director is informed whenever a heliport becomes unserviceable through any cause or whenever any portion of a surface of a touch-down area deteriorates to such extent that the safety of a helicopter may thereby be endangered, and helicopter operations are limited to those portions of a heliport not rendered unsafe by those conditions; |
| (k) | such reports on the condition of a heliport as may be required from time to time by the Director, are submitted to the Director; |
| (I) | the particulars of an FOP are obtained and verified, in the case where a foreign helicopter operated by virtue of an FOP issued in terms of section 26(1) of the International Air Services Act, 1993 (Act No. 60 of 1993), lands at a concerned heliport; |
| (m) | an annual survey is carried out on such heliport for the purposes of the approval of let-down procedures by the Director; |
| (n) | for a heliport category H 1, 2 and 3, a full set of the Civil Aviation Regulations that contain the latest amendments is available at such heliport; and |
| (o) | for a heliport category H 1, 2 and 3, that the respective departments or section of such heliport have available a set of the ICAO Annexes and documents relevant to their area of responsibility. |
| (3) | A holder of a heliport licence must— |
| (a) | furnish the Director with financial data and traffic statistics as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (b) | in the case of a heliport which serves helicopters used in international public air transport operations, establish a Facilitation Committee and compile a Facilitation Plan in accordance with the requirements and standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (c) | be responsible for handling aircraft noise complaints related to a heliport and may be required, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Director may deem necessary in the interest of aviation environmental protection, to give effect to one or more of the following— |
| (i) | Conduct appropriate aircraft noise studies to determine whether a noise problem exists at such heliport; |
| (ii) | Calculate and predict aircraft noise contours in accordance with the requirements and standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (iii) | Establish aircraft noise abatement operating procedures, for approval by the Director, in accordance with the requirements and standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; |
| (iv) | Install aircraft noise monitoring stations and equipment to monitor adherence to aircraft flight track in accordance with the requirements and standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139; and |
| (v) | Report violations of noise abatement operating procedures and non-adherence to aircraft flight track, to the Director, in accordance with the requirements and standards as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 139. |
| (d) | when an ATSU at an aerodrome is not in operation, be responsible for the maintenance of flying discipline on, and in the vicinity of, such heliport. |
| (4) | A holder of a heliport licence is accountable for the implementation of aeronautical studies, inclusive of technical analysis, risk assessment and proposed risk mitigation for any contemplated deviation of Subpart 1 and Subpart 3 of Part 139 of the Regulations and the resultant outcome of such studies must be presented to the Director. |
[Regulation 139.03.19 substituted by regulation 39(t) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
