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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 21 : Certification Procedures for Products and Parts

Subpart 4 : Type of Acceptance Certificates

21.04.3 Airworthiness design standards

 

(1) An application for the issuing of a type acceptance certificate for a Class I product shall be accompanied with proof that—
(a) the product complies with the appropriate airworthiness design standards referred to in regulation 21.02.3, effective at the date assigned in the foreign type certificate or an equivalent document, unless another date is specified by the Director;
(b) the product complies with any special conditions prescribed in terms of regulation 21.02.13;
(c) the feature or characteristic of the product makes it safe for intended use; and
(d) any airworthiness design standards not complied with are compensated for by factors providing an equivalent level of safety; and

 

(2) An application referred to in subregulation (1) shall also be accompanied by proof that the aircraft is equipped with an extinguishing agent that is not prohibited as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 21, in the case of—
(a) an aeroplane with an MCTOW in excess of 5 700 kg for which application for certification was submitted on or after 2 March 2004;
(b) a helicopter for which application for certification was submitted on or after 13 December 2007; and
(c) an aeroplane with an MCTOW in excess of 750 kg but not exceeding 5 700 kg, for which application for certification was submitted on or after 13 December 2007.

 

[Regulation 21.04.3 substituted by regulation 5(b) of Notice No. R. 432, GG 40846, dated 19 May 2017 (Sixteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Act, 2011)]