Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:15:p63
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 63/182)
Character Range: 303084–305784

certificate of airworthiness was issued for a specified period, the period during which the certificate is taken to not be in force counts as part of the period for which the certificate was issued.
 (5) CASA or an authorised person may suspend or cancel a certificate of airworthiness for an aircraft that is being used in scheduled air transport operations, by written notice given to its holder, if:
 (a) for an aircraft to which Part 42 applies—any maintenance carried out on the aircraft is not carried out in accordance with Part 42; or
 (aa) for an aircraft to which Part 42 does not apply—any maintenance carried out on the aircraft is not carried out in accordance with Part 4A of CAR; or
 (b) the aircraft type ceases to be supported by the type certificate holder, the national aviation authority of the country in which the aircraft's original type certificate was issued or the national aviation authority of a Contracting State, with respect to:
 (i) collecting and investigating information on defects; or
 (ii) reporting defects to the national aviation authority of the country of original type certification; or
 (iii) keeping type records; or
 (iv) producing and maintaining manuals; or
 (v) issuing instructions for continuing airworthiness; or
 (c) CASA or the authorised person otherwise considers that it is necessary to do so in the interests of aviation safety.
 (6) CASA or an authorised person may suspend or cancel a certificate of airworthiness for an Australian aircraft not covered by subregulation (5), by written notice given to its holder, if:
 (a) for an aircraft to which Part 42 applies—any maintenance carried out on the aircraft is not carried out in accordance with Part 42; or
 (aa) for an aircraft to which Part 42 does not apply—any maintenance carried out on the aircraft is not carried out in accordance with Part 4A of CAR; or
 (b) CASA or the authorised person otherwise considers that it is necessary to do so in the interests of aviation safety.
 (7) A notice under subregulation (5) or (6) must set out:
 (a) the grounds for the suspension or cancellation; and
 (b) in the case of a suspension—when the suspension stops having effect.
 (8) Despite anything else in this regulation, a certificate of airworthiness is not in force during any period of suspension, but, if the certificate was issued for a specified period, the period of suspension counts as part of the period for which the certificate was issued.
 (9) The holder of a certificate of airworthiness that is taken to not be in force under subregulation (4), expires, or is suspended or cancelled, must, at the written request of CASA or an authorised person, surrender the certificate to