"master minimum equipment list" or MMEL , for a type of aircraft, means the document:
(a) that includes a list of items in the aircraft that may (subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the document) be inoperative for a flight of the aircraft; and
(b) prepared by the holder of the type certificate for the aircraft; and
(c) approved by the national aviation authority that issued the type certificate for the aircraft.
"minimum equipment list" or MEL , for an aircraft, means a document:
(a) that includes a list of items in the aircraft that may (subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the document) be inoperative for a flight of the aircraft; and
(b) prepared by the operator of the aircraft; and
(c) approved under regulation 91.935; and
(d) that complies with the requirements mentioned in regulation 91.930;
and includes any variation to the document approved under regulation 91.940.
"rectification interval" , for an item in an MEL that may become inoperative,
means the period within which the item must be rectified after the discovery
that the item is inoperative.