Commonwealth legislation

CASA EX74/13 - Exemption — certificate of release to service – foreign approved maintenance organisations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This instrument grants a limited exemption from aircraft maintenance paperwork rules.

What it does: Normally, when maintenance is performed on an Australian aircraft, the maintenance organization must issue a certificate of release to service (a formal document saying the aircraft is safe to fly) under regulation 42.030(2)(b).

This exemption allows registered aircraft operators to skip that specific requirement when their maintenance is done by foreign approved maintenance organizations (organizations allowed to do this work under regulation 42.301).

Who it affects:

Registered operators of Australian aircraft getting maintenance done overseas
Foreign maintenance organizations approved to work on Australian aircraft

Key limitation: This exemption expired on 30 June 2016, so it only applied to maintenance performed before that date.

Why it matters: It streamlined the process for aircraft maintained overseas by removing a redundant paperwork step, recognizing that foreign maintenance organizations operate under different but equivalent safety systems.

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Instrument number CASA EX74/13

I, terence lindsay farquharson, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed T. Farquharson]

Terry Farquharson Acting Director of Aviation Safety

9 July 2013

Exemption — certificate of release to service – foreign approved maintenance organisations

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day of registration; and

(b) expires at the end of 30 June 2016, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2 Exemption

The registered operator of an aircraft is exempt from compliance with paragraph 42.030 (2) (b) of CASR 1998 in relation to maintenance that has been carried out by an organisation that is permitted by regulation 42.301 of CASR 1998 to carry out that maintenance.

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