S.L. 499.44 Art. 12Training of persons.

(1) The shipper, and any agent thereof, shall ensure that before a consignment of dangerous goods is offered by him for carriage by air all persons involved in its preparation have received training as specified in Chapter 4 of Part 1 and paragraph 1.5 of Part 5 of the Technical Instructions, to enable them to carry out their responsibilities with regard to the carriage of dangerous goods by air.

(2) (a) A Maltese operator, and any agent thereof, shall ensure that all relevant staff involved with the carriage of passengers or cargo by air have received training which complies with paragraphs (c) and (d).

(b) The operator of an aircraft shall ensure that the staff of his handling agents have received that training.

(c) The training shall be as specified in Chapter 4 of Part 1 and paragraph 4.9 of Part 7 of the Technical Instructions.

(d) The training has been granted a training approval under subregulation (8).

(3) (a) The agent for a non-Maltese operator shall ensure that all relevant staff involved with the carriage of passengers or cargo by air have received training which complies with paragraphs (b) and (c).

(b) The training shall be as specified in Chapter 4 of Part 1 and paragraph 4.9 of Part 7 of the Technical Instructions.

(c) The training has been granted a training approval under subregulation (8).

(4) The content of training programmes shall be as specified in Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Technical Instructions.

(5) Initial and recurrent training programmes shall be established and maintained by or on behalf of the shipper and any agent thereof, the operator of an aircraft if it is a Maltese operator and the agent of the operator whether the operator is a Maltese operator or a non-Maltese operator in accordance with paragraph 4.1 of Part 1 of the Technical Instructions and recurrent training shall take place not less than every two years.

(6) Records of training shall be maintained as specified in paragraph 4.2 of Part 1 of the Technical Instructions.

(7) No person shall offer or provide training required by this part of these Regulations unless:

(a) (i) he has been granted a training instructor approval under subregulation (9); and

(ii) the training has been approved under subregulation (8); or

(b) he is employed by a shipper or an agent thereof and the training is offered or provided to other employees of that shipper or agent; or

(c) (i) he is employed by a Maltese operator or by an agent of a Maltese operator;

(ii) the training has been approved under subregulation (8); and

(iii) the training is offered or provided to other employees of that Maltese aircraft operator or agent.

(8) A training approval under this regulation shall be:

(a) granted in writing by the Director if he is satisfied that the form and content of the training is adequate for its purpose; and

(b) subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit, and may in particular include a condition requiring that the training be provided by a person who holds a training instructor approval granted by the Director under subregulation (9).

(9) A training instructor approval under this regulation shall be:

(a) granted in writing by the Director if it is satisfied that the person is competent to carry out the training specified in the approval granted under subregulation (8); and

(b) subject to such conditions as the Director thinks fit.