Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(regulation 42ZV)
Part 1 -- Requirements for person who is a maintenance controller
1.1 To be the maintenance controller a person must:
(a) know and understand the operator's maintenance control manual; and
(b) know and understand the requirements of these Regulations in relation to the maintenance of aircraft; and
(c) demonstrate the required knowledge and understanding for the purposes of being approved as the maintenance controller.
Part 2 -- Functions of maintenance controller
2.1 A maintenance controller must perform the following functions:
(a) the control of all maintenance carried out on the aircraft, either scheduled or unscheduled;
(b) the development, organisation and supervision of all activities and procedures specified in the maintenance control manual;
(c) the transfer of an aircraft's maintenance records to a new Certificate of Registration holder for the aircraft;
(d) the investigation of all defects in the aircraft that come to the attention of the aircraft's maintenance organisation.