Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.330

Obligation

  (1)   If an individual carries out maintenance on an aircraft or aeronautical product, the individual must remove from the aircraft or aeronautical product any tools, equipment or other things extraneous to the aircraft or the aeronautical product before a certificate of release to service is issued for the aircraft or aeronautical product in relation to the maintenance.

Note:   For who issues a certificate of release to service for an aircraft, see Subdivision   42.H.3.2. For who issues a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product, see Subdivision   42.H.4.2.

Offence--approved maintenance organisation

  (2)   An approved maintenance organisation must ensure that an individual who carries out maintenance on its behalf complies with subregulation   (1).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Offences--independent maintainer

  (3)   An independent maintainer must comply with subregulation   (1) when carrying out maintenance on an aircraft.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (4)   An independent maintainer who is supervising the carrying out of maintenance on an aircraft by another individual must ensure that the individual complies with subregulation   (1).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   A person mentioned in item   1 of table 42.300 is the only independent maintainer who is permitted to supervise the carrying out of maintenance by another individual--see subregulation   42.300(2).