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modifies a parachute, must carry out that maintenance:
 (a) if the parachute is a main parachute—in accordance with section 5.20A; and
 (b) for a reserve parachute assembly—in accordance with subsection 2.04(4); and
 (c) if the parachute is an emergency parachute—in accordance with subsection 2.08(5).
Note 1: A packer may be authorised to carry out minor repairs: see definition of packer authorisation. A rigger is authorised to carry out all repairs and modifications: see definition of rigger authorisation.
Note 2: See section 5.06 for the records a packer or rigger must make after packing, maintaining or assembling a parachute.

5.20  Maintenance that may be authorised under parachutist certificate
 (1) This section applies to a Part 105 ASAO whose approved functions include:
 (a) administering a parachute descent; and
 (b) administering the airworthiness of a parachute used for the descent.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the ASAO may authorise a person to pack a main parachute, or conduct maintenance on a main parachute, by conferring such privileges on a parachutist certificate the ASAO issues to the person.
 (3) The ASAO may confer privileges on a parachutist certificate authorising the holder to pack or conduct maintenance on a main parachute, for a parachute descent, only if the descent is not undertaken by a tandem parachutist or the holder of a student parachutist certificate.
Note: A main parachute used by a tandem parachutist, or the holder of a student parachutist certificate, may only be maintained by a packer or rigger, for whom there are recordkeeping responsibilities for the maintenance conducted: see section 5.05.
 (4) The holder of a parachutist certificate who carries out repairs on a main parachute, or modifies the parachute, must carry out that maintenance in accordance with section 5.20A.

5.20A  Maintenance requirements for main parachutes
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5.19(1)(a) and subsection 5.20(4), the person who carries out maintenance on a main parachute must carry out that maintenance in accordance with:
 (a) the requirements (the manufacturer's requirements) about the airworthiness of the parachute specified in a document, as existing from time to time, issued by the manufacturer of the parachute; and
 (b) the FAA Parachute Rigger Handbook, FAA-H-8083-17A, as existing from time to time; and
 (c) subject to subsection (3), the requirements (the Part 105 ASAO's requirements), if any, about the airworthiness of the main parachute specified in a document, as existing from time to time, issued by the Part 105 ASAO that administers the airworthiness of the parachute.
 (2) Subsection (3) applies if a Part 105 ASAO requirement is inconsistent with a manufacturer's requirement or a requirement of the Parachute Rigger Handbook.
 (3) The parachute must be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's requirement or the requirement of the