Part 42Continuing airworthiness requirements for aircraft and aeronautical products

## Part 42—Continuing airworthiness requirements for aircraft and aeronautical products Table of contents Subpart 42.A—Preliminary 42.005 Purpose of Part 42.010 Applicability of Part 42.015 Definitions for Part 42.020 Part 42 Manual of Standards Subpart 42.B—Requirements for registered operators Division 42.B.1—Preliminary 42.025 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.B.2—Continuing airworthiness requirements 42.030 Continuing airworthiness requirements—all aircraft 42.035 Condition of AOC—aircraft authorised to operate under AOCs 42.040 Aircraft authorised to operate under AOCs and large aircraft must have continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.045 Small aircraft not authorised to operate under AOCs may have continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.050 Form of continuing airworthiness management contract—all aircraft 42.055 Giving information in accordance with contract 42.060 Copy of certain provisions of contract to be given to CASA 42.065 Copy of variation of certain provisions of contract to be given to CASA 42.070 Notice of termination of contract to be given to CASA 42.075 Notice of contravention of Part to be given to CASA 42.080 Maintenance of aircraft and aeronautical products Division 42.B.3—Record‑keeping requirements in relation to authorisations under regulation 42.630 42.085 Application of Division 42.090 Retaining copies of authorisations 42.095 Keeping lists of authorised pilot licence holders and flight engineers Subpart 42.C—Continuing airworthiness management—requirements for person responsible for continuing airworthiness for aircraft Division 42.C.1—Preliminary 42.100 Purpose of Subpart 42.105 Meaning of person responsible for continuing airworthiness for aircraft Division 42.C.2—Continuing airworthiness management tasks 42.110 Complying with regulations in this Division 42.115 Rectification of defect to aircraft before flight—all aircraft 42.120 Compliance with airworthiness directives—all aircraft 42.125 Approval of design for modifications or repairs to aircraft—all aircraft 42.130 Dealing with certain instructions for continuing airworthiness—aircraft authorised to operate under AOCs and large aircraft 42.135 Replacement of life limited aeronautical product—all aircraft 42.140 Approved maintenance program required—aircraft authorised to operate under AOCs and large aircraft 42.145 Compliance with maintenance program required—all aircraft 42.150 Updating approved maintenance program following change to instructions for continuing airworthiness 42.155 Ensuring effectiveness of approved maintenance program using approved reliability programs—certain aircraft 42.160 Ensuring effectiveness of approved maintenance program—other aircraft authorised to operate under AOCs and large aircraft 42.165 Removal of aeronautical products fitted as permitted by regulation 42.440 Division 42.C.3—Continuing airworthiness records—all aircraft Subdivision 42.C.3.1—Continuing airworthiness records system 42.170 Continuing airworthiness records system Subdivision 42.C.3.2—Information about aircraft 42.175 Requirement to record information 42.180 Information about aircraft engines and propellers 42.185 Information about empty weight of aircraft 42.190 Information about utilisation of aircraft 42.195 Information about compliance with airworthiness directives 42.200 Information about compliance with maintenance program 42.205 Information about modifications 42.210 Information about aeronautical products with life limit Subdivision 42.C.3.3—Substantiating documents 42.215 Substantiating documents Subdivision 42.C.3.4—Flight technical log 42.220 Flight technical log 42.225 Availability of flight technical log Subdivision 42.C.3.5—Recording next maintenance due to be carried out 42.230 Recording details of next maintenance due to be carried out in flight technical log 42.235 Approval of another means of recording next maintenance due to be carried out 42.240 Recording details of next maintenance due to be carried out by approved other means Subdivision 42.C.3.6—Recording utilisation information 42.245 Ensuring flight technical log can contain utilisation information mentioned in regulation 42.190 for each flight if another means not approved 42.250 Approval of another means of recording utilisation information mentioned in regulation 42.190 for each flight 42.255 Recording utilisation information mentioned in regulation 42.190 for each flight by approved other means Subdivision 42.C.3.7—Retention and transfer of records 42.260 Retention of continuing airworthiness records 42.265 Transfer of continuing airworthiness records for aircraft Division 42.C.4—Major defects—reporting and investigating 42.270 Reporting major defects—all aircraft 42.275 Investigating major defects—large aircraft and aircraft authorised to operate under AOC 42.280 Action by CASA following report of major defect 42.285 Action by certificate holder or approval holder following report of major defect Subpart 42.D—Maintenance Division 42.D.1—Preliminary 42.290 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.D.2—Permissions for section 20AB of Act—aircraft 42.295 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aircraft—approved maintenance organisations 42.300 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aircraft—individuals not working for approved maintenance organisations 42.301 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance—organisations under NAA arrangement Division 42.D.3—Permissions for section 20AB of Act—aeronautical products 42.305 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aeronautical products 42.306 Who is permitted to carry out maintenance on aeronautical products—foreign organisations approved by national aviation authority Division 42.D.4—Requirements for carrying out maintenance 42.310 General requirements for carrying out maintenance 42.315 Ensuring individuals are competent to carry out maintenance 42.320 Restriction on maintenance that independent maintainers may instruct or permit supervised individuals to carry out 42.325 Maintenance involving modifications and certain repairs 42.330 Removal of tools etc after carrying out maintenance Division 42.D.5—Requirements for independent inspection of critical control system maintenance 42.335 Meaning of independent individual 42.340 Requirement for verification and record for critical control system maintenance 42.345 Verification and record for critical control system maintenance Division 42.D.6—Requirements for dealing with defects Subdivision 42.D.6.1—Dealing with defects 42.350 Meaning of qualified individual 42.355 Recording defects 42.360 When qualified individual may defer rectification of defect 42.365 How rectification of defect is deferred 42.370 Record for deferral of rectification of defect Subdivision 42.D.6.2—Reporting defects 42.375 Major defect reporting—independent maintainer carrying out maintenance on aircraft 42.380 Major defect reporting—approved maintenance organisation carrying out maintenance on aircraft 42.385 Major defect reporting—approved maintenance organisation carrying out maintenance on aeronautical product 42.390 Reporting requirements Division 42.D.7—Requirements for recording maintenance for aircraft or aeronautical products 42.395 Recording maintenance information for aircraft 42.400 Making maintenance record for aeronautical products 42.405 Provision of maintenance record and other documents to registered operator 42.410 Retention of copy of maintenance record by approved maintenance organisations Subpart 42.E—Aeronautical products Division 42.E.1—Preliminary 42.415 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.E.2—Requirements for fitting parts and using materials 42.420 Fitting parts other than standard parts 42.425 Obligations and offences for fitting parts other than standard parts 42.430 Fitting parts removed from aircraft—permission for paragraph 42.420(5)(c) 42.435 Fitting parts fabricated by approved maintenance organisations—permission for subparagraph 42.420(5)(a)(ii) 42.440 Fitting parts for which there is no authorised release certificate—permission for subparagraphs 42.420(5)(a)(ii) and (b)(iii) 42.445 Fitting standard parts 42.450 Fitting parts removed from same place on aircraft—permission for paragraphs 42.420(1)(a) and 42.445(1)(a) 42.455 Using materials Division 42.E.3—Requirements for controlling unserviceable and unsalvageable parts 42.460 Control of unserviceable parts 42.465 Control of unsalvageable parts Division 42.E.4—Requirements for controlling unapproved parts 42.470 Meaning of unapproved for parts 42.475 Control of unapproved parts 42.480 Reporting unapproved parts 42.485 Action by CASA following report of unapproved parts 42.490 Action required if parts not required to be kept Subpart 42.F—Subpart 42.F approved maintenance organisations Division 42.F.1—General 42.495 Purpose of Subpart 42.500 Definitions for Subpart 42.505 Regulations 11.070 to 11.075 do not apply in relation to certain matters Division 42.F.2—Approval of Subpart 42.F organisations 42.510 Applying for approval 42.515 Issuing approval 42.520 Approval certificate 42.525 Privileges for Subpart 42.F organisations 42.530 Approval subject to conditions Division 42.F.3—Changes to Subpart 42.F organisations 42.535 Application for approval of significant changes to Subpart 42.F organisations 42.540 Approval of significant changes 42.545 Changes to Subpart 42.F organisations that are not significant changes 42.550 CASA may direct Subpart 42.F organisations to change expositions Division 42.F.4—Requirements and offences for Subpart 42.F organisations 42.555 Provision of maintenance services 42.560 Providing employees with exposition 42.565 Complying with directions Subpart 42.G—Continuing airworthiness management organisations Division 42.G.1—General 42.570 Purpose of Subpart 42.575 Definitions for Subpart 42.580 Regulations 11.070 to 11.075 do not apply in relation to certain matters Division 42.G.2—Approval of continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.585 Applying for approval 42.590 Issuing approval 42.595 Approval certificate 42.600 Privileges for continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.605 Approval subject to conditions Division 42.G.3—Changes to continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.610 Application for approval of significant changes to continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.615 Approval of significant changes 42.620 Changes to continuing airworthiness management organisations that are not significant changes 42.625 CASA may direct continuing airworthiness management organisations to change expositions Division 42.G.4—Authorisation of pilot licence holders and flight engineers to provide maintenance services 42.630 When pilot licence holders and flight engineers may be authorised 42.635 Ceasing of authorisation if organisation ceases to be responsible for providing continuing airworthiness management services for aircraft 42.640 Directions in relation to authorisations 42.645 Notice of cancellation of authorisation Division 42.G.5—Requirements and offences for continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.650 Provision of continuing airworthiness management services 42.655 Providing employees with exposition 42.660 Copies of authorisations and records 42.665 Complying with directions 42.670 Giving information in accordance with contract 42.675 Notice of contravention of Part to be given to CASA Subpart 42.H—Maintenance certification and certificate of release to service Division 42.H.1—General 42.680 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.H.2—Maintenance certification for maintenance carried out on aircraft Subdivision 42.H.2.1—Application of Division 42.685 Application of Division Subdivision 42.H.2.2—Who must perform maintenance certification 42.690 Approved maintenance organisations 42.695 Individuals performing maintenance certification on behalf of approved maintenance organisations 42.700 Independent maintainers Subdivision 42.H.2.3—Requirements for performing maintenance certification 42.705 Requirements to be met by individuals before performing maintenance certification 42.710 Requirements to be met by organisations before performing maintenance certification Subdivision 42.H.2.4—Performance of maintenance certification 42.715 How maintenance certification is performed Division 42.H.3—Certificate of release to service—aircraft Subdivision 42.H.3.1—Preliminary 42.720 Application of Division 42.725 Requirement not to release aircraft without certificate of release to service Subdivision 42.H.3.2—Who may issue certificate of release to service 42.730 Approved maintenance organisations 42.735 Individuals issuing certificates of release to service on behalf of approved maintenance organisations 42.740 Independent maintainers Subdivision 42.H.3.3—Requirements for issuing certificate of release to service 42.745 Requirements to be met before certificate of release to service may be issued 42.750 Requirements to be met by approved maintenance organisations before issuing certificate of release to service 42.755 Requirements to be met by individuals before issuing certificate of release to service Subdivision 42.H.3.4—Form, content and issue of certificate of release to service 42.760 Form and content of certificate of release to service 42.765 How certificate of release to service is issued Subdivision 42.H.3.5—Record‑keeping 42.770 Retaining copy of certificate of release to service Division 42.H.4—Certificate of release to service—aeronautical products Subdivision 42.H.4.1—Preliminary 42.775 Application of Division 42.780 Requirement not to release aeronautical product without certificate of release to service Subdivision 42.H.4.2—Who may issue certificate of release to service 42.785 Approved maintenance organisations 42.790 Individuals issuing certificates of release to service on behalf of approved maintenance organisations Subdivision 42.H.4.3—Requirements for issuing certificate of release to service 42.795 Requirements to be met before certificate of release to service may be issued 42.800 Requirements to be met by approved maintenance organisations before issuing certificate of release to service 42.805 Requirements to be met by individuals before issuing certificate of release to service Subdivision 42.H.4.4—Form and issue of certificate of release to service 42.810 Form of certificate of release to service 42.815 How certificate of release to service is issued Subdivision 42.H.4.5—Record‑keeping and dealing with certificate of release to service 42.820 Additional record for certificate of release to service issued as in‑house release document 42.825 Dealing with certificate of release to service Subpart 42.I—Airworthiness reviews and airworthiness review certificates Division 42.I.1—General 42.830 Application of Subpart 42.835 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.I.2—Issue of airworthiness review certificates 42.840 Who may issue airworthiness review certificate 42.845 Requirements to be met for issue of airworthiness review certificate 42.850 Requirements to be met by continuing airworthiness management organisations before issuing airworthiness review certificate 42.855 Requirements to be met by individuals before issuing airworthiness review certificate 42.860 Form of airworthiness review certificate 42.865 How airworthiness review certificate is issued 42.870 How long airworthiness review certificate remains in force Division 42.I.3—Extension of airworthiness review certificates 42.875 Who may extend airworthiness review certificate 42.880 Requirements to be met for extension of airworthiness review certificate 42.885 Requirements to be met by continuing airworthiness management organisations before extension of airworthiness review certificate 42.890 Requirements to be met by individuals before extending airworthiness review certificate 42.895 How airworthiness review certificate is extended Division 42.I.4—Airworthiness review procedure 42.900 Airworthiness review procedure Division 42.I.5—Administration 42.905 Record of findings of airworthiness review 42.910 Record of corrective action taken 42.915 Retaining records relating to airworthiness review certificates 42.920 Documents to be sent to CASA and registered operator 42.925 Notice of decision not to issue airworthiness review certificate Division 42.I.6—Relationship of airworthiness review certificate to certificate of airworthiness 42.930 Relationship with certificate of airworthiness Subpart 42.J—Approval of maintenance programs and variations of approved maintenance programs Division 42.J.1—Preliminary 42.935 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.J.2—Approval of maintenance programs by continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.940 Circumstances in which continuing airworthiness management organisations may approve proposed maintenance program 42.945 Requirements for approval of maintenance programs 42.950 Requirements to be met by continuing airworthiness management organisations before approving proposed maintenance programs 42.955 Requirements to be met by individuals before approving proposed maintenance programs 42.960 How approval is given 42.965 Record‑keeping requirements Division 42.J.3—Approval of maintenance programs by CASA 42.970 Application to CASA for approval of maintenance programs 42.975 Form of application 42.980 Approval of maintenance programs by CASA Division 42.J.4—Approval of variations of approved maintenance programs by continuing airworthiness management organisations 42.985 Circumstances in which continuing airworthiness management organisations may approve proposed variations 42.990 Requirements to be met for approval of variations of maintenance programs 42.995 Requirements to be met by continuing airworthiness management organisations before approving proposed variations 42.1000 Requirements to be met by individuals before approving proposed variations 42.1005 How approval is given 42.1010 Record‑keeping requirements Division 42.J.5—Approval of variations of approved maintenance programs by CASA 42.1015 Application to CASA for approval of variations of approved maintenance programs 42.1020 Form of application 42.1025 Approval of variations by CASA Subpart 42.K—Directions to vary approved maintenance programs 42.1030 Purpose of Subpart 42.1035 CASA may direct variations of approved maintenance programs Subpart 42.L—Approval of reliability programs and variations of approved reliability programs Division 42.L.1—Preliminary 42.1040 Purpose of Subpart Division 42.L.2—Approval of reliability programs 42.1045 Application for approval of reliability programs 42.1050 Approval of reliability programs Division 42.L.3—Approval of variations of approved reliability programs 42.1055 Application for approval of variations of approved reliability programs 42.1060 Approval of variations of approved reliability programs Subpart 42.M—Requirements for pilots 42.1065 Purpose of Subpart 42.1070 Pre‑flight inspection—all aircraft 42.1075 Recording information in flight technical log—all aircraft Subpart 42.N—Record‑keeping requirements 42.1080 Purpose of Subpart 42.1085 Requirements for making records made under Part 42.1090 Requirements for keeping records made under Part 42.1095 Change to records made under Part Subpart 42.O—Copying or disclosing cockpit voice recording information 42.1100 Purpose of Subpart 42.1105 Authorisation of persons for paragraph 32AP(3A)(a) of Act