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LEGAL, INTERNATIONAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
CASA Ref: F24/8772 Mr Andrew Terhorst
Via email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Dear Mr Terhorst,
REQUEST FOR ACCESS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982
I refer to your email dated 10 March 2024 seeking access to documents under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (the Act). Your request was for:
I request information under the Freedom of Information Act about your approval process for the 2017
Runway 12/30 flight paths at Hobart Airport, designed by Airservices Australia.
This request is prompted by concerns raised during a 2018 legal action by Advanced Electro
Dynamics Pty Ltd and Fulham Pty Ltd against Airservices Australia, which questioned the adequacy
of safety considerations and procedural adherence in the flight path implementation.
Specifical y, I seek:
1. Correspondence between CASA and Airservices Australia regarding the approval of these flight
paths.
2. Documentation on CASA's stance or actions related to the mentioned legal action.
The objective is to understand CASA's due diligence and role in ensuring the safety of these flight
paths.
The date range of your access request is 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
I have made a decision to impose charges in the amount of
$78.33 in relation to your application.
Authority to make this decision
I am an officer authorised by the Director of Aviation Safety to make decisions about charges applying to
requests for access to documents in the possession of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in
accordance with section 23(1) of the Act.
Your liability to pay a charge
In accordance with section 29(1) of the Act, I have decided that you are liable to pay a charge in relation to
your request.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005 Canberra ACT 2601 | Telephone: 131 757
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Preliminary assessment of the amount of the charge
In accordance with section 29(1)(b) of the Act, CASA has undertaken a preliminary assessment of the
amount of the charge you are liable to pay in relation to your FOI request. Accordingly, you are liable to pay
$78.33. A breakdown of this charge, as well as the basis on which the assessment is made, is provided for in
detail at Schedule 1.
What you must do now
In accordance with section 29(1)(f) of the Act, you must, within the period of 30 days
(COB Monday 17 June
2024) from the date of this notice, notify CASA, in writing of one of the following three things:
1.
agree to pay the charge;
If you agree to pay the charges, I wil then write to you formal y imposing the charge and advise you
how to pay it.
2.
contend that the charge has been wrongly assessed, or should be reduced or not imposed, or
both—that you so contend, giving reasons for so contending; or
If you make such a contention, I must then decide whether to reduce the charge or not to impose a
charge. I must consider any relevant reasons, including whether any contention that payment of the
charge, or part of it, would cause you financial hardship, and whether the giving of access to the
documents is in the general public interest or in the interest of a substantial section of the public. It is
necessary that you provide evidence of financial hardship, or specify how the public would benefit
from disclosure if you rely on either of these grounds.
3.
withdraw the request for access to the document concerned.
If you fail to give CASA notice of any of the above three things within 30 days of the date of this
notice or such further period that CASA al ows in writing, your request for access wil be taken to
have been withdrawn.
Extension of period of processing request
Under section 31 of the Act, the time limit for processing your request is extended by the period of
time commencing on the day you receive this notice and ending on the day you pay the charge or
the day CASA makes a decision not to impose a charge.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions in relation to your request.
Yours sincerely,
Amy George
Freedom of Information Officer
Advisory and Drafting Branch
Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
17 May 2024
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005 Canberra ACT 2601 | Telephone: 131 757
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