Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 202.343

  (1)   Despite anything in Part   4A of CAR, a person may endorse a maintenance release for an aircraft for the purposes of regulation   48 of CAR 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)   the endorsement is on behalf of the holder of a certificate of approval under regulation   30 of CAR.

  (2)   If a person endorses a maintenance release 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 endorses a maintenance release 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.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.