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Instrument number CASA EX03/23

I, PHILIPPA JILLIAN SPENCE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulations 11.160 and 11.205 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed P. Spence]
Pip Spence
Director of Aviation Safety
3 April 2023
CASA EX03/23 — Authorised Maintenance at Unapproved Locations (Part 145 Organisations) Exemption 2023

1 Name
        This instrument is CASA EX03/23 — Authorised Maintenance at Unapproved Locations (Part 145 Organisations) Exemption 2023.

2 Duration
        This instrument:
(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and
(b) is repealed at the end of 28 February 2026.

3 Definitions
Note   In this instrument, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: Part 145 organisation.
        In this instrument:
AMO means a Part 145 organisation.
AMO aircraft, in relation to an AMO, means an aircraft for which the AMO provides maintenance services under its exposition.
authorised maintenance, in relation to an AMO and location, means maintenance services provided by the AMO in relation to an AMO aircraft:
(a) that consist of the following:
           (i) line maintenance for the AMO;
          Note   In Part 3 of the CASR Dictionary, line maintenance, for an AMO, means maintenance on an aircraft that CASA has approved in the organisation's exposition as being line maintenance for the organisation.
           (ii) if the AMO holds a category B rating — on-wing maintenance on an installed engine as may be required in connection with the line maintenance;
           (iii) if the AMO holds a category C rating — on-wing maintenance on an installed aeronautical product as may be required in connection with the line maintenance; and
(b) that are conducted at the location on a temporary basis.
Part 145 MOS means the Part 145 Manual of Standards.
unapproved location, in relation to an AMO, means a location that is capable of supporting line maintenance, but not specified as such in the AMO's exposition as required by subparagraph 145.A.70(a)10 of the Part 145 MOS.

4 Exemption — authorised maintenance at unapproved location
       (1) An AMO is exempt from compliance with:
(a) subparagraphs 145.045(a)(iv) and (v), and paragraph 145.045(b) of CASR; and
(b) paragraphs 145.070(1)(d) and (e) of CASR;
        (when taken together with section 145.A.75 and Appendix I of the Part 145 MOS) to the extent that the AMO may carry out authorised maintenance on an AMO aircraft at an unapproved location.
Note   An AMO may already, under the privileges in paragraph 145.A.75(b) of the Part 145 MOS, provide maintenance services for an aircraft or aeronautical product at an unapproved location if the aircraft is unserviceable or if the maintenance is unscheduled line maintenance, subject to the AMO's approval