Maintenance on Australian aircraft outside Australian territory
42ZD Maintenance on Australian aircraft outside Australian territory
The holder of the certificate of registration for, or the operator or pilot in command of, an Australian aircraft must not authorise or permit any maintenance to be carried out on the aircraft outside Australian territory by a person if the person is not permitted by this regulation to carry out maintenance.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
A person may carry out maintenance on an Australian aircraft outside Australian territory if:
the person would be permitted by regulation 42ZC to carry out the maintenance if the aircraft were in Australian territory; or
if the aircraft is in a Contracting State—the person would be permitted under the law of the Contracting State to carry out the maintenance if the aircraft were registered in the Contracting State; or
the person is authorised by CASA under subregulation (3) to carry out the maintenance and the maintenance is carried out in accordance with any conditions subject to which the authorisation is given.
CASA may, in writing, authorise a person for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c).
An authorisation is subject to any conditions that:
CASA considers are necessary in the interests of the safety of air navigation; and
are included in the authorisation.
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