Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations"airworthiness directive" means:
(a) an Australian airworthiness directive; or
(b) for a type certificated aircraft--a foreign State of Design airworthiness directive issued on or after 1 October 2009; or
(c) for a model of type certificated aircraft that is first registered in Australia on or after 1 October 2009--a foreign State of Design airworthiness directive issued before 1 October 2009 for that model or for an aeronautical product that is part of, or used in, that model.
"Australian airworthiness directive" means a document, as in force from time to time, issued by CASA under subregulation 39.001(1).
"foreign State of Design airworthiness directive" , for a kind of aircraft or aeronautical product for which Australia is not the State of Design, means a document, as in force from time to time, that:
(a) is issued by the national aviation authority of the State of Design of the aircraft or aeronautical product; and
(b) is of the same nature as an
Australian airworthiness directive.