Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 132.020

  (1)   A modification or repair to a limited category aircraft is a major modification or repair if the modification or repair has a significant effect on a characteristic affecting the aircraft's airworthiness, including any of the following:

  (a)   its weight or balance;

  (b)   its structural strength;

  (c)   its reliability;

  (d)   its performance;

  (e)   its operational characteristics.

  (2)   However, a modification or repair to a limited category aircraft is taken not to be a major modification or repair if advice has been given under regulation   132.175 that the modification or repair is not a major modification or repair.

  (3)   In this regulation:

"modification" includes a combination of modifications.

"repair" includes a combination of repairs.