4Obligations in relation to maintenance

4 Obligations in relation to maintenance

4.1 If Part 42 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998) does not apply to an operator, the operator must provide a system of maintenance of aeroplanes and establish a system of maintenance control in accordance with the requirements of, or issued under, the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

Note 1 Part 42 of CASR 1998 applies to all registered aircraft, subject to transitional provisions designed to transition operators over a 2 year period.

Note 2 Commencing on 27 June 2011, subregulation 42.040 (1), with subregulation 202.180 (1), of CASR 1998, requires (as a condition on the AOC) that the operator of a registered aircraft authorised to operate under an AOC issued for a purpose mentioned in paragraph 206 (1) (c) of CAR 1988 (generally speaking, RPT), must be approved by CASA as a continuing airworthiness management organisation (a CAMO) for the type and model of the aircraft.