1CASA EX19/26 — Authorised Maintenance at Unapproved Locations (Part 145 Organisations) Exemption 2026

Instrument number CASA EX19/26

I, Daniel bernard o’hagan, Section Manager Drafting, Legal Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed D.B. O’Hagan]

Danny O’Hagan
Section Manager Drafting
Legal Division

24 February 2026

CASA EX19/26 — Authorised Maintenance at Unapproved Locations (Part 145 Organisations) Exemption 2026

1 Name

This instrument is CASA EX19/26 — Authorised Maintenance at Unapproved Locations (Part 145 Organisations) Exemption 2026.

2 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 March 2026; and

(b) is repealed at the end of 28 February 2029.

3 Definitions

Note In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: Part 145 organisation.

In this instrument:

AMO means a Part 145 organisation.

AMO aircraft, in relation to an AMO, means an aircraft for which the AMO provides maintenance services under its exposition.

authorised maintenance, in relation to an AMO and location, means maintenance services provided by the AMO in relation to an AMO aircraft:

(a) that consist of the following:

(i) line maintenance for the AMO;

Note In Part 3 of the CASR Dictionary, line maintenance, for an AMO, means maintenance on an aircraft that CASA has approved in the organisation’s exposition as being line maintenance for the organisation.

(ii) if the AMO holds a category B rating — on-wing maintenance on an installed engine as may be required in connection with the line maintenance;

(iii) if the AMO holds a category C rating — on-wing maintenance on an installed aeronautical product as may be required in connection with the line maintenance; and

(b) that are conducted at the location on a temporary basis.

Part 145 MOS means the Part 145 Manual of Standards.

unapproved location, in relation to an AMO, means a location that is capable of supporting line maintenance, but not specified as such in the AMO’s exposition as required by subparagraph 145.A.70(a)10 of the Part 145 MOS.

4 Exemption — authorised maintenance at unapproved location