2.1 Would the proposal/change to existing regulation involve an incremental increase in the level of risk to third parties on the ground?
2.2 Would the proposal/change to existing regulation involve an incremental increase in the level of risk to Commercial Air Transport (CAT) airspace users?
2.3 Would the proposal/change to existing regulation involve an incremental increase in the level of risk to other non-CAT airspace users?
If you answered yes to any of questions 2.1, 2.2, or 2.3, you must assess the level of the risks to these classes of third parties by using the following steps:
- Conduct a risk assessment using the tables listed in Appendix A and Appendix B of this policy framework for both before and after the proposal/change is implemented. Determine the level of risk to each separate class of third party (both likelihood and impact), taking geography and population density into account whilst making your calculations.
- List the evidence relied upon in reaching the conclusions regarding risk. Also list any evidence you discounted.
- Arrive at a risk score using the standard CAA Likelihood/Impact table in Appendix B. Assess the risk and recommend a level of regulatory oversight appropriate to this score.
- Demonstrate using evidence that the above option will be effective and less burdensome than existing regulation.
- If as a result of the proposal/change, the before/after assessment using the table in Appendix B indicates an increase in safety risk, determine whether mitigations and safeguards need to be strengthened, or whether the proposal/change is appropriate at all.
- After completing these steps, proceed to 3.1.
If you answered no to 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, continue directly to 3.2.