Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027:reg:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01027
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18
Character Range: 4250061–4252158

18  Meaning of authorised release certificate
 (1) For the purposes of CAR:
authorised release certificate, for an aircraft component, means a document that complies with regulation 42WA of CAR.
 (2) For the purposes of CASR:
authorised release certificate, for an aeronautical product, means:
 (a) if maintenance has not been carried out on the product since its manufacture, and the manufacture of the product was permitted by or under Part 21—a document:
 (i) issued by the manufacturer of the product; and
 (ii) that includes a statement to the effect that the product is serviceable, within the meaning given by subregulation 42.015(1); or
 (b) if maintenance has not been carried out on the product since its manufacture, and the manufacture of the product was permitted by the law of a foreign country—a document of a kind specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards as being equivalent to a document mentioned in paragraph (a); or
 (c) if maintenance has been carried out on the product under these Regulations—a certificate of release to service for the product in relation to the maintenance issued under Division 42.H.4 that is in the approved form; or
 (d) if maintenance has been carried out on the product under the law of a foreign country—a document of a kind specified in the Part 42 Manual of Standards as being equivalent to a document mentioned in paragraph (c).
Note 1: For paragraph (a), Part 21 permits the manufacture of aeronautical products in a number of ways, including under APMAs, ATSO authorisations, type certificates and production certificates.
Note 2: For paragraph (c):
(a) a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to maintenance carried out on an aeronautical product that is not in‑house maintenance must be in the approved form: see subregulation 42.810(1); and
(b) a certificate of release to service for an aeronautical product in relation to in‑house maintenance carried out on an aeronautical product must either be in the approved form or be in the form of an in‑house release document: see subregulation 42.810(2).