CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.835 Manufacturer's data plate must be attached to aircraft engine

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.835

  (1)   This regulation sets out the requirements for attaching a manufacturer's data plate to an aircraft engine to which this Division applies.

  (2)   This regulation applies to the holder of the type certificate or production certificate under which such an aircraft engine is manufactured.

  (3)   The holder of the type certificate or production certificate must attach to the engine, as set out in subregulation   (4), a fireproof manufacturer's data plate bearing the following information:

  (a)   the manufacturer's name;

  (b)   the identification number of the engine's type certificate (if any);

  (c)   the identification number of the production certificate (if any) under which the engine is manufactured;

  (d)   the engine's model designation;

  (e)   its serial number;

  (f)   if its rating is stated in its type certificate, that rating.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

  (3A)   An offence against subregulation   (3) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (4)   The data plate must be attached to the engine:

  (a)   in a place where somebody carrying out maintenance on the engine can read it; and

  (b)   in a way that ensures that the plate is not likely to be defaced or become detached from the engine during normal service, nor to be lost or destroyed in an accident.

Note:   For the definitions of identification number , production certificate and type certificate see the Dictionary.