| (1) | The applicant shall engage, employ or contract— |
| (a) | a senior person identified as the accountable manager and compliance officer of the unit concerned, to whom contractual authority has been granted to ensure that all activities undertaken by the unit are carried out in accordance with the applicable requirements prescribed in this subpart, and who shall in addition be vested with the following powers and duties in respect of compliance with such requirements: |
| (i) | unrestricted access to work performed or activities undertaken by all other persons as employees of, and other persons rendering service under contract with, the unit; |
| (ii) | full rights of consultation with any such persons in respect of such compliance by him or her; |
| (iii) | powers to order cessation of any activity where such compliance is not effected; |
| (iv) | a duty to establish liaison mechanisms with Director with a view to ascertain correct manners of compliance with the said requirements, and interpretations of such requirements by the Director, and to facilitate liaison between the Director and the unit concerned; and |
| (v) | powers to report directly to the management of the unit on his or her investigations and consultations generally, and in case contemplated in subparagraph (iii), and with regard to the results of the liaison contemplated in subparagraph (iv); |
| (b) | standards officer who is responsible for quality control, and who has direct access to the accountable manager and compliance officer referred to in paragraph (a) on matters affecting aviation safety; and |
| (c) | adequate trained personnel to— |
| (i) | plan, provide and supervise the services listed in its manual of procedure, in a safe efficient manner; and |
| (ii) | collect, collate, check, coordinate, edit, and publish aeronautical information for the aeronautical data and aeronautical information services listed in the applicant's manual. |
[Regulation 175.02.3(1)(c)(ii) substituted by regulation 20(d) of Notice No. R. 1349, GG 40376, dated 28 October 2016 (Fourteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2016)]
| (2) | The applicant shall establish a procedure for initially assessing, and a procedure for maintaining, the competence of the personnel as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 175. |
| (3) | The applicant shall ensure that its personnel are of sufficient numbers and experience and have been given appropriate authority to be able to discharge their allocated responsibilities. |
