South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act, 2002

Regulations

South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue (SASAR) Regulations, 2016

Part 3 : SAR Operational Matters, Standards and Procedures

22. Cancellation of SAR filed during submissions of flight plans
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(1)Owners or operators of aircraft that filed for SAR during submission of their flight plan must upon reaching their destination cancel SAR by informing any ATSU of their safe landing.

 

(2)When SAR is cancelled with an ATSU with which the owner or operator did not file his/her SAR action, the owner or operator must disclose his or her original ATSU of SAR action requirement.

 

(3)Any owner or operator of an aircraft who by an unlawful act or omission fails to cancel SAR as required by sub-regulation (1), must be guilty of an offence and the Director of Civil Aviation must after considering the facts brought before him or her by the ARCC in conjunction with SASAR, including the type of resources deployed by SASAR as a result of this omission, decide on an appropriate fine for the transgressor.

 

(4)Though each and every case must be judged on its own merits, the fine imposed by the Director must not be less than the cost spent on resources deployed.