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approval rating, and exposition which pertain to the maintenance services provided, have been complied with including:
1. details of maintenance carried out on an aircraft or aeronautical product for which a certifying employee of the AMO has issued a certificate of release to service; and
2. details of calibrated tooling or test equipment used for the maintenance to provide the traceability required for compliance to paragraph 145.A.40 (d).
       (b)An AMO must give:
1. to the person responsible for continuing airworthiness of any aircraft for which the AMO has provided maintenance services, the maintenance record of that maintenance in accordance with regulation 42.405 of CASR 1998; and
2. if the AMO issued a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product, that certificate to the person to whom the aeronautical product is released for use in an aircraft or another aeronautical product.
       (c)The AMO must keep:
1. a copy of all aircraft maintenance records, for 2 years and in accordance with regulation 42.410; and if the records are kept in electronic form, a back-up electronic record of the information must be kept in a location separate to the original; and
2. a copy of all certificates for release to service issued for aircraft, for 1 year in accordance with regulation 42.770; and
3. a copy of all certificates of release to service issued for aeronautical products, for 2 years in accordance with regulation 42.825 of CASR 1998.
       (d)If an AMO ceases to be an AMO, the organisation must dispose of the records in accordance with a procedure in its exposition or in a manner approved by CASA.
 Note   Subparagraph 145.A.45 (e) 4 requires a specific procedure in the exposition where the AMO uses a registered operator's workcard or worksheet system.

         145.A.60 Occurrence and major defect reporting
       (a)An AMO must have an internal occurrence reporting, investigation and feedback system set out in its exposition, which utilises "just culture" reporting principles and which it will follow for reporting and following up on maintenance and safety issues that are found during the carrying out of maintenance on an aircraft or aeronautical product. The procedures must include procedures for:
1. collecting and evaluating individual maintenance difficulty and safety reports; and
2. identifying adverse trends in all of the AMO's occurrence reports; and
3. identifying systemic deficiencies; and
4. taking corrective action to address systemic deficiencies; and
5. following up and monitoring corrective action to ensure maintenance and safety issues have been adequately addressed; and
6. distributing information about the occurrence reports, their evaluation and follow‑up action.
       (b)An AMO may use the internal occurrence reporting system to identify and report any major defect of an aircraft or aeronautical product maintained by the AMO in accordance