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CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 18

Meaning of authorised release certificate

  (1)   For the purposes of CAR:

"authorised release certificate" , for an aircraft component, means a document that complies with regulation   42WA of CAR.

  (2)   For the purposes of CASR:

"authorised release certificate" , for an aeronautical product, means:

  (a)   if maintenance has not been carried out on the product since its manufacture, and the manufacture of the product was permitted by or under Part   21--a document:

  (i)   issued by the manufacturer of the product; and

  (ii)   that includes a statement to the effect that the product is serviceable, within the meaning given by subregulation   42.015(1); or

  (b)   if maintenance has not been carried out on the product since its manufacture, and the manufacture of the product was permitted by the law of a foreign country--a document of a kind specified in the Part   42 Manual of Standards as being equivalent to a document mentioned in paragraph   (a); or

  (c)   if maintenance has been carried out on the product under these Regulations--a certificate of release to service for the product in relation to the maintenance issued under Division   42.H.4 that is in the approved form; or

  (d)   if maintenance has been carried out on the product under the law of a foreign country--a document of a kind specified in the Part   42 Manual of Standards as being equivalent to a document mentioned in paragraph   (c).

Note 1:   For paragraph   (a), Part   21 permits the manufacture of aeronautical products in a number of ways, including under APMAs, ATSO authorisations, type certificates and production certificates.

Note 2:   For paragraph   (c):

(a)   a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to maintenance carried out on an aeronautical product that is not in - house maintenance must be in the approved form: see subregulation   42.810(1); and

(b)   a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to in - house maintenance carried out on an aeronautical product must either be in the approved form or be in the form of an in - house release document: see subregulation   42.810(2).



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