CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.300 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aircraft--individuals not working for approved maintenance organisations
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.300
Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aircraft--individuals not working for approved maintenance organisations(1) For subsection 20AB(2) of the Act:
(a) an individual mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 42.300 is permitted to carry out maintenance on an Australian aircraft:
(i) to which this Part applies; and
(ii) that is mentioned in column 3 of the item; and
(b) the individual is permitted to carry out the maintenance subject to the conditions mentioned in column 4 of the item.
(2) However, an individual mentioned in item 2, 3, 4 or 5 of table 42.300 is not permitted to supervise the carrying out of maintenance by another individual.
Table 42.300 Individuals, not working for approved maintenance organisations, permitted to carry out maintenance on aircraft
Item | Individual | Conditions | |
1 | An aircraft: (a) that is a small aircraft; and (b) that is not authorised to operate under an AOC | The conditions are that: (a) the person's aircraft engineer licence permits him or her to perform maintenance certification for the maintenance; and (b) the maintenance is not specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards for this item | |
2 | An individual who is carrying out maintenance under the supervision of an individual mentioned in item 1 | An aircraft for which the individual mentioned in item 1 is providing maintenance services |
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3 | A pilot licence holder who is carrying out maintenance other than under an authorisation issued under regulation 42.630 that is in force | An aircraft: (a) that is a small aircraft; and (b) that is not authorised to operate under an AOC; and (c) that the pilot licence holder is authorised, under Part 61, to fly | The conditions are that: (a) the maintenance is specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards for this item; and (b) either: (i) the pilot licence holder is the registered operator of the aircraft; or (ii) the registered operator of the aircraft has given the pilot licence holder permission to carry out the maintenance |
4 | A pilot licence holder who is carrying out maintenance under an authorisation issued under regulation 42.630 that is in force | An aircraft: (a) that is a large aircraft, or is authorised to operate under an AOC; and (b) that the pilot licence holder is authorised, under Part 61, to fly | The conditions are that: (a) the pilot licence holder is a member of the aircraft's flight crew; and (b) the maintenance is specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards for this item |
5 | A flight engineer who is carrying out maintenance under an authorisation issued under regulation 42.630 that is in force | An aircraft: (a) that is a large aircraft, or is authorised to operate under an AOC; and (b) in relation to which the flight engineer is authorised, under Part 61, to perform the duties of flight engineer | The conditions are that: (a) the flight engineer is a member of the aircraft's flight crew; and (b) the maintenance is specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards for this item |
Note 1: For item 2, under regulation 42.320, an independent maintainer who is supervising the carrying out of maintenance by another individual must not instruct or permit the individual to carry out maintenance that the independent maintainer is not permitted to carry out.
Note 2: For items 4 and 5, under subregulation 42.080(2), the registered operator of an aircraft must ensure that a person mentioned in item 4 or 5 carries out maintenance on the aircraft at a place only if no approved maintenance organisation is able to carry out the maintenance at that place
Note 3: For items 4 and 5, an authorisation under regulation
42.630 must include the maintenance services that the pilot licence
holder or flight engineer is authorised to provide--see paragraph
42.630(3)(c).