Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1988 NO. 158 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS - REG 41

41. (1) Unless the Authority otherwise approves, the owner, operator or pilot
in command of an Australian aircraft that is outside Australian territory
shall not, in connection with the maintenance of the aircraft, use, or permit
the use of, any aircraft component, aircraft material or other thing if its
use would, if the aircraft were in Australian territory, be an offence against
these Regulations.

(2) The owner, operator or pilot in command of an Australian aircraft that is
outside Australian territory shall not authorise or permit any maintenance to
be carried out on the aircraft except by:

   (a)  the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence covering that
        maintenance;

   (b)  a person authorised to carry out that maintenance;

   (c)  a person who is authorised by the appropriate authority of a
        Contracting State to carry out on aircraft in that State maintenance
        of the kind in which that maintenance is included; or

   (d)  a person who possesses qualifications that are recognised by the
        Authority as sufficient for the purpose of carrying out that
        maintenance.

(3) The owner, operator or pilot in command of an Australian aircraft on which
maintenance has been carried out outside Australian territory shall not fly
the aircraft, or permit it to be flown, until the completion of the
maintenance has been certified in a manner acceptable to the Authority.

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply in relation to approved maintenance
carried out by the pilot in command of the aircraft.