Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 487 CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 7

  7.1   Subregulation 30 (2):
Omit the subregulation, substitute:

"(2) An application must:

   (a)  set out the following:
     (i)   a statement of the activities to be covered by the
certificate;

        (ii)   the address of the main place (if any) at which the applicant
               proposes to carry out those activities;

        (iii)  the number of appropriately qualified or experienced persons
               employed by the applicant who will be involved in carrying out
               those activities; and

   (b)  have with it evidence of:

        (i)    the relevant qualifications and experience of the applicant and
               the applicant's employees; and

        (ii)   the facilities and equipment available to the applicant for the
               carrying out of the activities; and

        (iii)  the arrangements made to ensure the applicant has, and will
               continue to receive, information necessary for the carrying out
               of those activities; and

        (iv)   a system of quality control that satisfies the requirements of
               subregulation (2D); and

   (c)  if maintenance of class A aircraft is an activity to be covered by the
        certificate-have with it a copy of the procedures manual, in which the
        system of quality control procedures must be set out, that the
        applicant proposes to use if the certificate of approval is granted.

"(2A) The Authority must grant the applicant a certificate of approval
covering the activities to which the application relates if the Authority is
satisfied that the applicant is able to carry out the activities in a
satisfactory manner.

"(2B) In deciding whether it is satisfied as mentioned in subregulation (2A),
the Authority must have regard to:

   (a)  the relevant qualifications and experience of the applicant and the
        applicant's employees; and

   (b)  the facilities and equipment available to the applicant for the
        carrying out of those activities; and

   (c)  the arrangements made to ensure the applicant has, and will continue
        to receive, the information necessary for the carrying out of those
        activities; and

   (d)  the applicant's system of quality control; and

   (e)  if the applicant is required by paragraph (2) (c) to have a procedures
        manual-the applicant's procedures manual.

"(2C) A certificate of approval is subject to:

   (a)  a condition that each activity the certificate covers must only be
        carried out at a place where the facilities and equipment necessary
        for the proper carrying out of the activity are available to the
        holder of the certificate;

   (b)  a condition that the activities the certificate covers must be carried
        out in accordance with a system of quality control that satisfies the
        requirements of subregulation (2D); and

   (c)  if the certificate covers some or all of the following activities:
     (i)    the design of aircraft;

     (ii)   the design of aircraft components;


        (iii)  the design of aircraft materials;
     (iv)   the manufacture of aircraft;

     (v)    the manufacture of aircraft components;

     (vi)   the manufacture of aircraft materials;


        (vii)  the maintenance of aircraft;

        (viii) the maintenance of aircraft components;
     (ix)   the maintenance of aircraft materials;

     (x)    the training of candidates for the examinations
referred to in paragraph 31 (4) (e);
     (xi)   the conducting of the examinations referred to in
paragraph 31 (4) (e); a condition that each of those activities that is
covered by the certificate must be carried out under the control of a person
appointed by the applicant to control the activities; and

   (d)  a condition that the holder of the certificate of approval must ensure
        that each person employed by, or working under an arrangement with,
        the holder receives adequate training in:

        (i)    the work performed by the person for the purposes of the
               activities covered by the certificate; and

        (ii)   the use of any equipment used in connection with that work.

"(2D) A system of quality control must contain the following:

   (a)  the procedures to be followed in connection with the carrying out of
        the activities covered by the certificate that, in particular,
        includes procedures for:
     (i)   the control of the work carried out under the
certificate; and

        (ii)   the maintenance, control and calibration of equipment; and

        (iii)  the control of stores;

   (b)  a statement:

        (i)    that sets out the places at which the activities covered by the
               certificate are, or will be, carried out and which activities
               are, or will be, carried out at each place; and

        (ii)   that identifies any mobile facilities available to the
               certificate of approval holder for the carrying out of the
               activities covered by the certificate and which activities are,
               or will be, carried out using each mobile facility;

   (c)  in relation to each activity covered by the certificate that is
        required, by paragraph (2c) (c), to be carried out under the control
        of a person-the name of the position occupied by the person who
        controls the carrying out of the activity;

   (d)  a description of the applicant's organisational structure, the
        responsibilities of employees within the structure and the procedures
        to be followed by the employees in undertaking the activities covered
        by the certificate;

   (e)  a description of the resources for implementing quality management;

   (f)  a description of the audit system applying to the system of quality
        control;

   (g)  if the quality control system is set out in a procedures manual
        required under paragraph (2) (c)-a statement of the procedures to be
        followed in relation to the amendment of the procedures manual. (NOTE:
        Australian Standards AS3900 to AS3904 provide guidance for the content
        of a system of quality control.)".