Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.006A

         (1)   Any of the following persons may apply to CASA or an authorised person, in writing, for approval of a change to a flight manual for an aircraft:

                (a)    the registered operator of the aircraft;

               (b)    an applicant for any of the following:

                          (i)    approval of a change in the type design for the aircraft;

                         (ii)    a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft;

                        (iii)    a modification/repair design approval for the aircraft;

                        (iv)    an approval of a design for the modification of, or a repair to, the aircraft in accordance with a method specified in a legislative instrument issued under regulation 21.475.

Note 1    An application must be in the approved form, include all the information required by these Regulations and be accompanied by every document required by these Regulations -- see regulation 11.030.

Note 2    Part 11 deals with applications and decision making.

         (2)   Subject to regulation 11.055, CASA or the authorised person must approve the change if CASA or the authorised person is satisfied that the manual as changed would comply with:

                (a)    if the applicant is not an applicant for an instrument mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) -- the airworthiness standards that applied to the issue of the aircraft's type certificate, type acceptance certificate or foreign type certificate; or

               (b)    if the applicant is an applicant for an instrument mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) -- the applicable airworthiness standards for the instrument.

Note    Under regulation 201.004, an application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of:

(a)   a decision refusing to issue, or cancelling, suspending or varying, an approval; or

(b)   a decision imposing a condition on an approval.

         (3)   In this regulation, a reference to a change to a flight manual includes a reference to a supplement to the flight manual.