9Mandatory maintenance requirements

9 Mandatory maintenance requirements

9.1For regulation 38 of CAR, CASA directs the holder of a certificate of registration for an aircraft to comply with the mandatory maintenance requirements identified in the approved design of the aircraft, engine or propeller as the case requires, as 1 or both of the following:

(a) the CMR;

(b) airworthiness limitations (AWL).

Note Contravention of a CASA maintenance direction under this subsection is a strict liability offence under regulation 38 of CAR.

9.2For paragraph 9.1:

Certification Maintenance Requirements or CMR means the required scheduled maintenance tasks which were established during the design certification of an aircraft as operating limitations of the aircraft’s type certificate (TC) or supplemental type certificate (STC).

9.3For regulation 38 of CAR, CASA directs that an aircraft must be maintained as if it were an aerial work aircraft if:

(a) Part 141 flight training or a Part 142 activity is conducted in the aircraft; and

(b) it is not a charter aircraft.