Civil Aviation Order 100.24 (Maintenance Authority) Instrument 2007
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Civil Aviation Order 100.24
made under regulation 33B of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.
This compilation was prepared on 26 March 2026 taking into account amendments up to Civil Aviation Orders 100.23 and 100.24 Amendment Instrument 2026.
Prepared by the Legal Services Branch, Legal Division, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Canberra.
Compilation No. 2
Contents
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2 Application for maintenance authority
3 Issue of maintenance authority
Note to Civil Aviation Order 100.24
Civil Aviation Order 100.24
Maintenance authority
1A Name of instrument
1A.1 This instrument is Civil Aviation Order 100.24 (Maintenance Authority) Instrument 2007.
1A.2 This instrument may be cited as Civil Aviation Order 100.24.
1A.3 A reference in a CASA instrument (being an instrument issued by CASA under a statutory power to issue the instrument) to Section 100.24 of the Civil Aviation Orders is a reference to this instrument.
Note This Civil Aviation Order is to be read in conjunction with Civil Aviation Order 100.23.
1B 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 aircraft engineer licence, CAR, Director and RPA.
In this Order:
maintenance authority means an airworthiness authority to carry out maintenance on aircraft.
Note airworthiness authority is defined in regulation 2 of CAR as meaning an authority under regulation 33B of CAR.
1 Requirements for issue
1.1 Subject to paragraph 1.1A, unless otherwise approved by the Director, an applicant for a maintenance authority must hold an aircraft engineer licence.
1.1A Paragraph 1.1 does not apply to an applicant for a maintenance authority that is for maintenance on RPA.
1.2 An applicant for such a maintenance authority must submit satisfactory evidence that:
(a) the applicant has been adequately trained for the purpose; and
(b) the applicant has had adequate practical experience of the duties to be performed in relation to the authority; and