(1) Despite anything in Part 4A of CAR, a person may issue a final certificate for completion of maintenance for an aircraft in relation to maintenance carried out on the aircraft if:
(a) the person is a category A licence holder; and
(b) the maintenance is mentioned in Appendix II to the Part 145 Manual of Standards; and
(c) he or she issues the final certificate for completion of maintenance:
(i) in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 6 of CAR; and
(ii) on behalf of the holder of a certificate of approval under regulation 30 of CAR.
(2) If a person issues a final certificate for completion of maintenance in accordance with subregulation (1), the person is taken, for the purposes of regulation 42ZC of CAR, to be permitted by that regulation to carry out the maintenance.
(3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
(a) the person is a category A licence holder; and
(b) the person issues a final certificate for completion of maintenance:
(i) in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 6 of CAR; and
(ii) on behalf of the holder of a certificate of approval under regulation 30 of CAR; and
(c) the maintenance is not mentioned in Appendix II to the Part 145 Manual of Standards.
(4) A reference in subregulation (3) to maintenance does not include supervision of maintenance.