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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 43 : General Maintenance Rules

Subpart 4 : Release to Service

43.04.3 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)]