Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) An article manufacturer may apply to CASA for an ATSO authorisation for the article.
(2) An application must be accompanied by the following documents:
(a) a statement of conformance certifying that the applicant has met the requirements of this Subpart and that the article concerned meets the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO that is effective on the date of application for that article;
(b) one copy of the technical data required in the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO;
(c) a description of the applicant's quality system in the detail specified in regulations 21.143 and 21.144. In complying with this regulation, the applicant may refer to current quality system data filed with CASA as part of a previous ATSO authorisation application.
(3) When a series of minor changes in accordance with regulation 21.611 is anticipated, the applicant must set forth in the application the basic model number of the article and the part number of the components with open brackets after it to denote that suffix change letters or numbers (or combinations of them) will be added from time to time.
(4) Subject to regulation 11.055, CASA must issue an ATSO authorisation for the article if CASA is satisfied that:
(a) the design of the article complies with the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO, including any deviations approved under regulation 21.609; and
(b) the applicant has established, and can maintain, a quality system to ensure that each article manufactured under the authorisation will comply with the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO, including any deviations approved under regulation 21.609.
(5) For paragraph (4)(a), CASA may satisfy itself that the design of the article complies with the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO, including any deviations approved under regulation 21.609, on the basis of any of the following:
(a) an examination of the design;
(b) the technical data for the design approved under regulation 21.009;
(c) a certificate from an approved design organisation under subregulation (7).
(6) Subregulation (7) applies if, under regulation 21.251, CASA authorises a relevant approved design organisation to determine whether the design of the article complies with the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO, including any deviations approved under regulation 21.609.
(7) If the approved design organisation is satisfied that the design of the article complies with the applicable ATSO, ETSO or TSO, including any deviations approved under regulation 21.609, the organisation may give CASA a certificate to that effect.
Source FARs section 21.605 modified.