CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.425 Applicants to carry out necessary inspections and tests

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.425

  (1)   For paragraph   21.420(1)(a), the applicant must carry out all inspections and tests necessary to show that the design complies with the applicable airworthiness standards for the design.

  (2)   Before testing a prototype of a modification or repair, the applicant must:

  (a)   establish the following for the prototype:

  (i)   that the materials and processes used to produce the prototype conform to the specifications for the design;

  (ii)   that all aeronautical products used in the prototype conform to the drawings in the design;

  (iii)   that the manufacturing processes, construction and assembly of the prototype conform to the manufacturing processes, construction and assembly specified in the design; and

  (b)   ensure that the accuracy of the equipment to be used for the test has been verified by a means that is traceable to:

  (i)   a standard recommended by the manufacturer of the equipment; or

  (ii)   a nationally or internationally recognised standard.

Example:   For subparagraph   (b)(ii), of a standard that is nationally recognised

  A standard maintained by the National Measurement Institute--see http://www.measurement.gov.au.