Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.375

    If:

  (a)   an independent maintainer is carrying out maintenance on an aircraft, or is supervising the carrying out of maintenance on an aircraft by another individual; and

  (b)   the independent maintainer becomes aware of a major defect in the aircraft;

the independent maintainer must report the defect to the person responsible for continuing airworthiness for the aircraft.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note 1:   See also regulations   42.110, 42.115 and 42.270 for other requirements relating to defects.

Note 2:   See regulation   42.390 for the requirements for making a report.

Note 3:   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).