AMC1 145.A.200(a)(1) Management system

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 38

ORGANISATION AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

(a) The management system should encompass safety by including a safety manager and a safety review board in the organisational structure. The functions of the safety manager are those defined in AMC1 145.A.30(b)(2);(b)(3).

(b) Safety review board

(1) The safety review board should be a high-level committee that considers matters of

strategic safety in support of the accountable manager’s safety accountability.

(2) The board should be chaired by the accountable manager and composed of the person or group of persons nominated under points 145.A.30.

(3) The safety review board should monitor:

(i) the safety performance against the safety policy and objectives;

(ii) that any safety action is taken in a timely manner; and

(iii) the effectiveness of the organisation’s management system processes.

(4) The safety review board may also be tasked with:

(i) reviewing the results of compliance monitoring;

(ii) monitoring the implementation of related corrective and preventive actions.

(c) The safety review board should ensure that appropriate resources are allocated to achieve the established safety objectives.

(d) Notwithstanding point (a), where justified by the size of the organisation and the nature and complexity of its activities and subject to a risk assessment and agreement by the competent authority, the organisation may not need to establish a formal safety review board. In this case the tasks normally allocated to the safety review board should be allocated to the safety manager.

(e) For a UK organisation that is part of a larger organisation or group located outside of the UK, the appropriate nominated post holders, listed in the exposition, should be available at the UK registered head office to maintain the approval.