(1) This regulation applies if a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to in - house maintenance carried out on the product is issued in the form of an in - house release document.
(2) The Part 145 organisation that carried out the in - house maintenance must:
(a) ensure that a record is made that contains the information that, if the certificate was issued in the approved form, would have been recorded on the approved form; and
(b) retain the record until the end of 2 years after the date the organisation fits the aeronautical product to an aircraft or another aeronautical product.
(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For the definition of in - house release document , see Part 1 of the Dictionary.