Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person who manufactures a Class I, Class II, Class III or unapproved Class I product under a production certificate must keep, at the place of manufacture, the following records for each product:
(a) for a Class I product, a technical data file that includes:
(i) the current type design drawings; and
(ii) the current specifications; and
(iii) the reports on the results of any tests required by or under this Part; and
(iv) the original type inspection report; and
(v) any amendments to that report;
(b) for a Class II, Class III or unapproved Class I product, the current product design and the reports on the results of any tests required by or under this Part;
(c) any data (including any amendments) required to be submitted with the original application for the production certificate;
(d) a record of any rebuilding or alteration performed by the person;
(g) any data about the processes and tests to which materials and parts used in the product are subjected;
(h) a record of any service difficulties reported to the person.
(2) The records mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) must be retained for the period during which the product is manufactured by the person under the production certificate.
(3) The records mentioned in paragraphs (1)(e), (f), (g) and (h) must be retained for 2 years after the manufacture of the product to which the records relate.
(4) The person must allow CASA to examine the records at any reasonable time after reasonable notice is given to the person.
(5) If the person stops manufacturing a product under the production certificate, and does not continue manufacturing the product at another place under another production certificate, the person must send the records retained for subregulation (3) to CASA within 30 days after manufacturing stops.
(6) An offence against subregulation (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
Source FARs section 21.293 modified.
Subpart 21.H -- Certificates of airworthiness (except provisional certificates of airworthiness) and special flight permits
Note: A certificate of airworthiness issued under this Part for an aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller does not certify that it complies with the Air Navigation (Aircraft Noise) Regulations 2018 , the Air Navigation (Aircraft Engine Emissions) Regulations or any other applicable Commonwealth legislation. Compliance with those Regulations or other applicable Commonwealth legislation may be required before the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller may be legally operated.