Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 132.175

Giving advice on request from aircraft operator

  (1)   The operator of a limited category aircraft may, in writing, ask the administering authority for the aircraft for its advice about any of the following matters in relation to the aircraft:

  (a)   whether a modification or repair is a major modification or repair;

  (b)   whether damage is major damage;

  (c)   whether a defect is a major defect;

  (d)   whether a life - limited aeronautical product for the aircraft is a safety - critical aeronautical product for the aircraft.

  (2)   If the administering authority for a limited category aircraft receives a request from the operator of the aircraft under subregulation   (1) about a matter in relation to the aircraft, the authority must give the operator of the aircraft, in writing, its advice about the matter.

Giving advice on administering authority's initiative

  (3)   The administering authority for a limited category aircraft may, on its own initiative, give the operator of the aircraft, in writing, the authority's advice about a matter mentioned in subregulation   (1) in relation to the aircraft.

Note:   Under regulation   47 of CAR:

(a)   damage to a limited category aircraft is taken not to be major damage if, under this regulation, advice has been given that the damage is not major damage; and

(b)   a defect in a limited category aircraft is taken not to be a major defect if, under this regulation, advice has been given that the defect is not a major defect.