Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 42.780

Obligation

  (1)   If an individual carries out maintenance on an aeronautical product on behalf of an approved maintenance organisation, the organisation must not release the product for use in an aircraft or another aeronautical product unless the organisation has issued a certificate of release to service for the aeronautical product in relation to the maintenance.

Offence for breach of obligation

  (2)   An approved maintenance organisation commits an offence if:

  (a)   an individual carries out maintenance on an aeronautical product on behalf of the organisation; and

  (b)   the organisation has not issued a certificate of release to service for the aeronautical product in relation to the maintenance; and

  (c)   the organisation releases the product for use in an aircraft or another aeronautical product.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

  (3)   An offence against subregulation   (2) is an offence of strict liability.