15Airworthiness standards and assessments etc.

15 Airworthiness standards and assessments etc.

Setting standards (1) It is an aviation administration function to administer a Part 149 aircraft by setting design, manufacturing and maintenance standards (airworthiness standards) for the aircraft, including in relation to aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, rotor systems, materials, parts, processes, and appliances.

Note: Under the function, an ASAO may set a standard for a Part 149 aircraft if the legislation does not otherwise provide for standards for that aircraft under CAR or CASR.

Conducting airworthiness assessments etc. (2) It is an aviation administration function to administer a Part 149 aircraft by assessing whether an aircraft design meets an airworthiness standard the ASAO has set for the aircraft under the function in subsection (1). Determining whether aircraft is a Part 149 aircraft (4) Subsection (5) applies if an ASAO has an approved function mentioned in section 14 or 19 to administer a Part 149 aircraft. (5) It is an aviation administration function for the ASAO to verify whether an aircraft meets a description and any requirements that are applicable to the Part 149 aircraft the ASAO administers, under: (a) Subdivision A of this Division (that defines certain aircraft to be Part 149 aircraft); or (b) any other provision in this instrument or the civil aviation legislation that requires verification to be made regarding a description or requirement that characterises the aircraft as a Part 149 aircraft.