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Civil Aviation Amendment Order
(No. R90) 2004

I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, issue the following Civil Aviation Order under regulation 31 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed Bruce Byron]

Bruce Byron
Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

12 December 2004

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1 Name of Order
  This Order is the Civil Aviation Amendment Order (No. R90) 2004.
2 Commencement
  This Order commences on gazettal.
3 Replacement of section 100.94 of the Civil Aviation Orders
  Section 100.94 of the Civil Aviation Orders is omitted and a new section substituted as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Substitution of section 100.94 of the Civil Aviation Orders

SECTION 100.94

ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE — AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER LICENCES — CATEGORY ELECTRICAL
1 APPLICATION
1.1 Except where otherwise approved or directed by CASA, this section of the CAOs applies to the requirements for the grant of an aircraft maintenance engineer licence in category electrical systems and for the grant of additional ratings to a licence in this category.
1.2 This section of the CAOs is to be read in conjunction with the current issue of CAO section 100.90 and AAC 9-94.
2 DEFINITIONS
Terms and abbreviations used in this section are detailed in CAO section 100.90, but in addition:
digital system means a system where the components of the system employ digital techniques and are interconnected via a data bus.
data bus means the hardware required to carry digital information between digital information processing components within the system.
3 RATINGS
Category electrical systems is classified into the following ratings:

              Group 1 Electrical systems in aircraft equipped with single generator power systems.
              Group 2 Electrical systems in aircraft equipped with multi-generator power systems other than those classified as Group 20.
              Group 20 Electrical systems in aeroplanes powered by turbojet/turbofan engines, or pressurised and of MTOW greater than 8 000 kg as listed in AAC 9-94:
               Electrical systems in helicopters as specified by CASA and listed in AAC 9-94; or
               Aircraft listed in AAC 9-94 deemed by CASA to be of an unusual design requiring specialised maintenance techniques.
4 LICENCE RATINGS AND FORM OF ENDORSEMENT
4.1 Ratings specifying the groups of electrical systems and/or the specific aircraft type for which the privileges of the licence may be exercised must be endorsed on the licence.
4.2 Applicants who comply with the experience and examination requirements of subsections 5 and 6 of this section may be granted the appropriate rating, subject to the conditions specified at paragraph 4.3.
4.3 A separate rating in Group 20 is required for each aircraft listed in AAC 9‑94.
4.4 Endorsement of ratings must take the following form:

     Electrical systems Group 1
     Electrical systems