| (1) |
The following records shall be kept, transferred and maintained in a form and format that ensures readability, security and integrity of records at all times for each aircraft: |
| (a) |
total time in service, including hours, calendar time and cycles, of an aircraft and all its life limited components; |
| (b) |
current status of compliance with all mandatory continuing airworthiness information; |
| (c) |
appropriate details of modification and repair; |
| (d) |
time in service including hours, calendar time and cycles. as appropriate since last overhaul of an aircraft or its component subject to a mandatory overhaul life; |
| (e) |
status of an aircraft's compliance with its maintenance program; and |
| (f) |
detailed maintenance record to show that the requirements for signing of a maintenance release have been met. |
| (2) |
A CAO shall describe in its maintenance control manual a person who is responsible for retention of records required by subregulation (1) and where they will be kept. |
| (3) |
The records referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be kept as follows— |
| (a) |
for records referred to in in paragraphs (a) to (e), for a minimum period of 90 days after a unit to which they refer has been permanently withdrawn from service; and |
| (b) |
for records referred to in paragraph (f), for a minimum period of 5 years after the signing of a maintenance release. |
| (4) |
The records referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be made available to a new operator in the event of a temporary or permanent change of operator of an aircraft. |
[Regulation 93.09.6 substituted by regulation 22(l) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
Administration of Estates Act, 1965
