Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:4:p42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 42/105)
Character Range: 752293–755068

in relation to maintenance:
 (a) that is carried out on the product; and
 (b) that is not in‑house maintenance;
only if the document is in the approved form.
Note: Under regulation 11.018, a certificate of release to service in the approved form is not complete unless it contains all of the information required by the form.

In‑house maintenance
 (2) A document is a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to in‑house maintenance carried out on the aeronautical product only if the document is:
 (a) in the approved form; or
 (b) in the form of an in‑house release document.
Note 1: Under regulation 11.018, a certificate of release to service in the approved form is not complete unless it contains all of the information required by the form.
Note 2: For the definition of in‑house release document, see Part 1 of the Dictionary.

42.815  How certificate of release to service is issued
  To issue a certificate of release to service on behalf of an approved maintenance organisation for an aeronautical product in relation to maintenance carried out on the product, an individual must:
 (a) sign the certificate; and
 (b) record the date of issue on the certificate.

Subdivision 42.H.4.5—Record‑keeping and dealing with certificate of release to service

42.820  Additional record for certificate of release to service issued as in‑house release document
 (1) This regulation applies if a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to in‑house maintenance carried out on the product is issued in the form of an in‑house release document.
 (2) The Part 145 organisation that carried out the in‑house maintenance must:
 (a) ensure that a record is made that contains the information that, if the certificate was issued in the approved form, would have been recorded on the approved form; and
 (b) retain the record until the end of 2 years after the date the organisation fits the aeronautical product to an aircraft or another aeronautical product.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For the definition of in‑house release document, see Part 1 of the Dictionary.

42.825  Dealing with certificate of release to service
 (1) If an approved maintenance organisation issues a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to maintenance carried out on the product, the organisation must:
 (a) give the certificate to the person to whom the product is released for use in an aircraft or another aeronautical product; and
 (b) retain a copy of the certificate for 2 years beginning on the date the certificate is issued.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of