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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division Two : Dispatch and flight release rules

135.07.18 Minimum equipment list

 

(1) No person may conduct a take-off in an aeroplane with instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed unless the aeroplane is operated in accordance with a COL, the provisions specified in the aeroplane flight manual or the conditions or limitations specified in a MEL, which has been approved by the Director  and, in the opinion of the PIC, aviation safety will not be compromised.

 

(2) An air service operator shall establish an MEL for each type of aeroplane for which an MMEL has been approved by a State of Design of such an aeroplane: Provided such State is a Contracting State.

[Regulation 135.07.18(2) substituted by regulation 36(g) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(3) No operator may operate an aeroplane in accordance with a MEL unless such MEL is carried on board the aeroplane.