Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The operator of a class A aircraft must appoint a person to be the maintenance controller for the aircraft.
(2) The same person may be appointed as the maintenance controller for more than 1 class A aircraft.
(3) A person appointed as the maintenance controller for a class A aircraft must not undertake duties as the maintenance controller if each of the following requirements is not satisfied:
(a) the appointment is approved under regulation 42ZW;
(b) the approval is not suspended or cancelled under regulation 42ZX.
(4) An offence against subregulation (1) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .