Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.405

Offence--approved maintenance organisation

  (1)   If an individual carries out maintenance on an aircraft on behalf of an approved maintenance organisation, the organisation must comply with subregulation   (2).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (2)   The organisation must ensure that the maintenance record for the maintenance is given to the person responsible for continuing airworthiness for the aircraft within 30 days after the organisation issues a certificate of release to service for the aircraft in relation to the maintenance.

Offence--independent maintainer

  (3)   If an independent maintainer:

  (a)   carries out maintenance on an aircraft; or

  (b)   supervises the carrying out of maintenance on an aircraft by another individual;

the independent maintainer must give the maintenance record for the maintenance to the person responsible for continuing airworthiness for the aircraft within 30 days after the independent maintainer issues a certificate of release to service for the aircraft in relation to the maintenance.

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).

  (4)   An offence against subregulation   (1) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.