(1) An instructor for a Part 142 operator holds a valid standardisation and proficiency check for the operator if:
(a) the instructor has successfully completed the operator's standardisation and proficiency check; and
(b) the check complies with regulation 142.330; and
(c) under subregulation (2) or (3), the check is valid.
(2) A standardisation and proficiency check is valid for the period comprising:
(a) the period beginning on the day on which the check is completed, and ending at the end of the month in which the check is completed; and
(b) the period of 12 months immediately following the month in which the check was completed.
(3) If:
(a) an instructor holds a standardisation and proficiency check that is valid under subregulation (2) (the existing check ); and
(b) the instructor successfully completes a new standardisation and proficiency check on a day that is less than 3 months before the day on which the existing check is due to expire;
the new check is valid for 12 months beginning at the end of the day on which the existing check expires.