No.lO CiVIL AVIATION AMENDMENT 14 Amendment of section 53 of Cap. 13:16 Section 53 ("Cancellation of air operator's certificate") ( l) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion after paragraph (g) of the following paragraphs"or 15 (h) the holder's operations are unsafe or compromise public safety; or (i) the aircraft or related equipment used by the holder are not or are not being designed, constructed, repaired, overhauled, maintained, operated or used to the extent necessary to render the holder's aircraft airworthy or to avoid endangering lives; or U) the holder has otherwise become an unfit person to hold an air operator's licence.". New sections substituted for section 55 of Cap. 13:16 Section 55 of the principal Act is repealed and substituted by the following sections- "55 Appointment and functions of Chief Investigator of Accidents and accident investigators. (1) There shall be a Chief Investigator of Accidents and such accident investigators as may be necessary for the purposes of this Part. whose offices shall be public offices and form part of the Public Service, and who shall (subject to subsection (5)) all be employed in the Ministry that is responsible for administering this Act. (2) The Chief Inspector of Accidents and every accident investigator shall have or have held a professional pilot's qualification, or an aeronautical engineering qualification, or an air traffic control qualification or experience in one of the specialised areas of aviation such as operations, aerodynamics or aircraft design. (3) The functions of the Chief Investigator of Accidents referred to in subsection (1) shall be(a) to investigate and determine the causes of all occurrences and to report thereon to the Minister; and (b) to recommend to the Authority and the Minister measures for preventing and dealing with occurrences; and (c) to ensure the proper co-ordination of measures to prevent and deal with occurrences; and (d) to conduct such inspections and carry out such investigations as may be necessary or desirable to ensure that measures for preventing and dealing with occurrences are being implemented; and (c) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed; and (f) toco-opcratewithauthoritiesandagencicsoutsideZimbabwe in the exercise of his or her functions under this section. (4) Accident investigators shall perform, subject to the directions of the Chief Investigator, such of his or her functions as he or she may assign to them. (5) Until such time as a substantive Chieflm estigatorof Accidellls who is qualified in terms or subsection (2) is identified and appointed, the Authority shall, at the request of the Minister, second to the Ministry that is responsible for administering this Act an employee ortheAuthority who 428 2018