Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01762:front:0:p14
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giving of a certificate stating airframe life mentioned in paragraph 132.180 (4) (d) of CASR 1998 are prescribed:
(a) the limited category organisation must have documented procedures that enable the organisation to ensure that the issue of a certificate stating an approved airframe life for an aircraft maintains an adequate level of safety;
(b) an approval must be issued with instructions for continued airworthiness that are necessary to ensure that the limited category aircraft remains safe throughout the period of the approval;
(c) an individual who has been authorised by the limited category organisation to issue certificates stating an airframe life for a limited category aircraft must carry out an assessment for each aircraft;
(d) the certificate must be provided to the applicant in writing;
(e) the certificate must include the following:
           (i) the make, model and registration of the aircraft;
           (ii) the approved airframe life;
           (iii) whether the aircraft may be used to carry out adventure flights;
           (iv) any limitations associated with the approval;
           (v) the name of the individual who issued the certificate;
           (vi) the signature of the individual who issued the certificate;
           (vii) the name of the limited category organisation under whose authority the individual issued the certificate;
           (viii) the provision under which the certificate was issued;
           (ix) the date on which the certificate was issued.
       (2)For paragraph (1) (a), the procedures must include the following:
(a) consideration of the existing approved airframe life and the factors and assumptions on which it is based;
(b) consideration of the intended future operations of the aircraft;
(c) consideration of the operational and airworthiness history of the aircraft;
(d) consideration of the service history of:
           (i) other aircraft of the same type and model; and
           (ii) other aircraft and structures of similar design;
(e) an assessment of inspection program findings;
(f) an assessment of the structure of the aircraft.
       (3)For paragraphs (1) (c) and (d), the limited category organisation must keep a copy of the certificate and the associated assessment.

Part E — Issuing permit index numbers

24 Limited category aircraft — assignment of permit index numbers
       (1) For paragraph 132.195 (1) (a) of CASR 1998, the following requirements for the assignment of a permit index number are prescribed:
(a) CASA, or a relevant limited category organisation, must assign a permit index number for a limited category aircraft by performing each of the following tasks:
           (i) assess the aircraft against each risk category specified in column 1 of Table 1, by finding the associated risk element in column 2 of Table 1, which most closely describes that aspect of the aircraft being assessed. If an aircraft falls between 2 risk elements in any category, use the lower scoring element;
           (ii)