Inspection and the Powers of Inspectors
Inspection of civil aviation activity is carried out by the flight safety inspector and by the inspector acting under the international programme founded on the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation. The inspector is independent in his activity and acts on the basis of Georgian legislation, international treaties and agreements of Georgia. He is entitled, at any time and without hindrance, to enter aviation enterprises and the buildings in their possession whose functioning is directed at flight safety and aviation security, to enter aircraft registered in the state registry and those operating on the territory of Georgia, to demand any document and information connected with flight safety, operation and technical maintenance, to check procedures and technical equipment, and to speak with any person for the purpose of assessment.
The persons and entities that are objects of inspection are obliged to assist the inspector in the performance of his duties and to submit any document and information relating to flight safety, the operation and technical maintenance of aircraft and aviation security. Where a deficiency discovered during inspection threatens flight safety or the security of civil aviation, the inspector is entitled to suspend the flight of the aircraft and to suspend, for any person, the further exercise of rights conferred by a certificate or other aviation document. The agency ensures the functional independence of inspectors in the inspection process and may refrain from publishing information obtained during supervision where publication could negatively affect flight safety or aviation security, in accordance with the corresponding annex of the Chicago Convention.