Administration of Estates Act, 1965
R 385
Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 43 : General Maintenance RulesSubpart 4 : Release to Service43.04.3 Validity of a certificate of release to service |
(1) | A certificate of release to service for an aircraft shall be validated for: |
(a) | a period not exceeding 12 months or 100 hours of flight time, whichever comes first; or |
(b) | such other time as approved in the inspection programme referred to in subregulation 43.02.8(2)(a)(ii). |
(2) | When a certificate of release to service becomes invalid due to an aircraft sustaining a defect not affecting the primary structure, the validity of the certificate is restored when the defect has been rectified and the necessary certification has been made. |
[Regulation 43.04.3(2) substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 409, GG 40831, dated 5 May 2017 (Fifteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]
(3) | When a certificate of release to service becomes invalid due to an aircraft sustaining a serious defect in an accident or incident that affects the serviceability of a Class I product, the certificate of airworthiness shall be invalidated. |
[Regulation 43.04.3(3) substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 409, GG 40831, dated 5 May 2017 (Fifteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]