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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 66 : Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licensing

Subpart 2 : Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence and Rating

66.02.10 Privileges of aircraft maintenance engineer or rating

 

(1) The holder of a valid Class II AME licence with a Category A rating, shall be entitled to—
(a) certify, in accordance with the regulations in Part 43, the release to service of the specified type of aeroplane or rotorcraft, excluding its engine or engines; and
(b) certify, in the logbook—
(i) work which the maintenance schedule relating to the specified type of aeroplane or rotorcraft authorises such holder to certify; and
(ii) any adjustment, minor repair or minor modification of the specified type of aeroplane or rotorcraft, including the installation or replacement of equipment, instruments and minor components of such aeroplane or rotorcraft, excluding its engine or engines.

 

(2) The holder of a valid Class II AME licence with a Category Crating, shall be entitled to—
(a) certify, in accordance with the regulations in Part 43, the release to service of the specified type of engine or engines; and
(b) certify, in the logbook—
(i) work which the maintenance schedule relating to the specified type of engine or engines authorises such holder to certify;
(ii) the installation of the specified type of engine or engines in an aircraft;
(iii) any installation and maintenance of propellers and the reassembly of variable-pitch propellers which may have been dismantled for transport purposes, excluding the overhaul, major modification or major repair of propellers; and

[Regulation 66.02.10(2)(b)(iii) substituted by regulation 6 of Notice No. R. 984, GG 41915, dated 21 September 2018 (Nineteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2018)]

(iv) any adjustment or minor modification of the specified type of engine or engines and the replacement of external components and piston and cylinder assemblies, if such replacement does not involve dismantling the engine or engines for purposes other than to obtain access to the components and assemblies.

 

(3) The holder of a valid Class II AME licence with a Category W rating, shall be entitled to—
(a) certify, in accordance with the regulations in Part 43, the release to service of the specified type of equipment; and
(b) certify, in the logbook—
(i) work which the maintenance schedule relating to the specified type of equipment authorises such holder to certify;
(ii) any adjustment, maintenance or modification of such equipment; and
(iii) any installation of such equipment in aircraft and the replacement of components and parts of such equipment: Provided that no equipment shall be dismantled for the purpose of making internal replacements.

 

(4) The holder of a valid Class I AME licence with a Category B rating, shall be entitled to certify, in the logbook—
(a) the overhaul, repair or modification, including trimming, welding, spray painting, electroplating or machining, of the specified type of aeroplane or rotorcraft, excluding its engine or engines, except—
(i) the overhaul, repair or modification of such item, equipment or apparatus which is to be certified by the holder of a Category X rating; and
(ii) the installation and testing of such instrument, electrical equipment or radio apparatus which is to be certified by the holder of a Category W rating;
(b) subject to the provisions of regulation 43.02.11, the non-destructive testing of structures, composites, components and parts;
(c) the overhaul of pneumatic and fuel components; and
(d) the manufacturing or replacement of structures, composites, components and parts, if the manufacturing or replacement of the structures, composites, components and parts is necessary for such holder to complete an overhaul, repair or modification which he or she will certify.

 

(5) The holder of a valid Class I AME licence with a Category D rating, shall be entitled to certify, in the logbook—
(a) the overhaul, repair or modification of the specified type of engine or engines, except the overhaul, repair or modification of the ignition equipment, other than the spark plugs, and of the propeller, starter and generator, which is to be certified by the holder of a Category X rating: Provided that the replacement of mechanical parts of a magneto may be certified; and
(b) the manufacturing or replacement of components and parts, if the manufacturing or replacement of the components and parts is necessary for such holder to complete an overhaul, repair or modification which he or she will certify.

 

(6) The holder of a valid Class I AME licence with a Category X rating, shall be entitled to certify, in the logbook—
(a) the installation and compensation of the specified compasses;
(b) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of the specified engine ignition equipment, and replacements thereof;
(c) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of fixed and variable-pitch propellers, and replacements thereof;
(d) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of the specified instruments;
(e) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of the specified electrical equipment, and replacements thereof;
(f) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of automatic pilots other than automatic pilots which operate on electronic principles;
(g) the installation and in-flight adjustment of electronic automatic pilots;
(h) the installation, overhaul, repair or modification of the specified avionic equipment, and replacements thereof; and
(i) the carrying out of the specified welding processes.