6Maintenance releases for class A aircraft

6 Maintenance releases for class A aircraft

6.1For the purposes of subregulation 43 (1) of CAR, CASA directs that the maintenance release for a class A aircraft is the maintenance release that is identified in an operator’s maintenance control manual.

6.2Subject to regulation 47 of CAR, a maintenance release for a class A aircraft remains in force only for the period specified in the manual.

6.3A copy of the maintenance release must be retained by the person issuing it.

6.4Before a maintenance release for a class A aircraft is issued, it is to be signed by:

(a) the person certifying for the co-ordination of the maintenance release inspection; or

(b) where the maintenance release inspection has been certified by 1 person, that person;

using the procedures specified in the CAR 30 maintenance organisation’s procedures manual.

6.5The person signing a maintenance release must ensure that the following information is recorded on the maintenance release at the time it is issued:

(a) the aircraft type, and the registration mark of the aircraft, to which the release relates;

(b) the name of the CAR 30 maintenance organisation issuing the maintenance release;

(c) the place, date and time, of issue of the release;

(d) the date on which, and the total aircraft time-in-service when, the maintenance release ceases to be in force;

(e) the total time-in-service of the aircraft at the time of issue of the release;

(f) all requirements and conditions relating to maintenance (other than daily inspections) required to be carried out on the aircraft by CAR and the CAOs during the period the maintenance release is to remain in force, including the total time-in-service or date, as applicable, at which that maintenance is due;

(g) any permissible unserviceabilities carried over from the previous maintenance release.

6.6For paragraph 6.5, a printed copy of required maintenance produced by a computerised maintenance tracking and management system may be securely attached to the “Maintenance Required” section of the maintenance release.

6.7Subparagraphs 6.5 (d), (e) and (f) are satisfied if:

(a) the required information is recorded and kept up-to-date in accordance with a procedure included in an operator’s maintenance control manual for the aircraft that is the subject of the maintenance release; and

(b) the operator’s maintenance control manual has been prepared in accordance with the requirements for maintenance control manuals prescribed under regulation 42ZY of CAR.