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licence readers must refer to regulation 31 of CAR 1988.
6.3 A licence may be granted to an applicant who is the holder of a valid licence with a rating equivalent to the rating sought, granted by the recognised authority of another country, provided that he or she:
 (b) has passed examinations in Airworthiness Administration (AA) and basic technical knowledge as specified by CASA; and
 (d) is able to read, write and converse in the English language.
Note: For the issue of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence to a person who holds a licence issued by the competent authority in any other country, readers must refer to subregulation 31 (6) of CAR 1988.
7 VALIDITY AND RENEWAL OF A LICENCE
7.3 A licence may be renewed if the holder:
 (a) in the preceding 24 months has exercised the privileges of the licence for not less than 6 months; or
 (b) has been engaged in work which may be considered by CASA as comparable with the duties and privileges pertaining to his or her licence.
Note: For the period of operation and renewal of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence, a change of address or production of a licence, readers must refer to regulations 31, 32A, 32B, 299 and 302 of CAR 1988.

APPENDIX I
AME LICENCE CATEGORIES AND PRIVILEGES
1 GENERAL
1.1 This Appendix specifies those parts of an aircraft which fall within the respective licence categories and details the limits to which the holder of a licence can certify for completion of maintenance of an Australian aircraft.
1.2 Before exercising the privileges of a licence, the holder must ensure he or she is familiar with the aircraft, engine, systems or installations and the maintenance requirements appropriate to the task for which certification is to be made.
1.4 Maintenance of an aircraft, additional to that detailed in this Appendix, may be certified to the extent specified in the relevant sections of Part 100 of the CAOs.
1.5 The category grouping classifications used in this Appendix are defined in CAO sections 100.91 to 100.95, as applicable.
1.6 Where maintenance is performed on an aircraft component, installed in an aircraft which:
 (a) receives information; or
 (b) processes information; or
 (c) displays information;
 in respect of systems which require certification to be made under the privileges of 2 or more AME licence categories, a certification must be made for the completion of the maintenance in all affected AME licence categories.
1.7 Maintenance of systems or components installed in an aircraft which supply data for indication purposes must be certified by the holder of an appropriate AME licence for that system or component.
2 CATEGORY AIRFRAMES
2.1 The following parts of an aircraft constitute Category