Certification of maintenance outside Australian territory
42ZN Certification of maintenance outside Australian territory
The holder of the certificate of registration for an Australian aircraft on which maintenance has been carried out outside Australian territory must not fly the aircraft, and must ensure the aircraft is not flown, if each of the following requirement is not satisfied:
the completion of the maintenance has been certified by:
a person who would have been permitted by regulation 42ZC to carry out the maintenance if the aircraft had been in Australia; or
if the maintenance was carried out in a Contracting State—a person who would be permitted under the law of the Contracting State to certify the completion of the maintenance if the aircraft were registered in the Contracting State; or
a person who is authorised by CASA to certify the completion of the maintenance;
the certification is made in a manner that is acceptable to CASA having regard to the safety of air navigation.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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