Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 121 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or CargoSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Two : Dispatch and flight release rules121.07.19 Requirements for minimum equipment lists |
| (1) | Except as provided in subregulations (2) and (5), no person shall conduct a take-off in an aeroplane with instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed, where such instruments or equipment are required by— |
| (a) | the standards of airworthiness that apply to day or night VFR or IFR flight, as applicable; |
| (b) | any equipment Jist published by the aeroplane manufacturer respecting aeroplane equipment that is required for the intended flight; |
| (c) | an AOC; |
| (d) | an airworthiness directive; or |
| (e) | these Regulations. |
| (2) | A person may conduct a take-off in an aeroplane with instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed: Provided the aeroplane is operated in accordance with any conditions or limitations specified in a MEL, which has been approved by the Director as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 121 and, in the opinion of the PIC, aviation safety will not be affected. |
| (3) | An operator shall establish a MEL for each type of aeroplane for which a MMEL has been approved by the State of Manufacture of such aeroplane: Provided the State of Manufacture is a Contracting State and the manufacturing standards used by such State are at least equal to the ICAO standards for manufacturing. |
| (4) | No person may operate an aeroplane in accordance with a MEL unless such MEL is carried on board the aeroplane. |
| (5) | A person may conduct a take-off in an aeroplane that has instruments or equipment that are not serviceable or that have been removed where the aeroplane is operated in accordance with the conditions of a flight permit that has been issued by the Director or his delegate specifically for that purpose. |
| (6) | No person shall conduct a take-off in an aeroplane for which a MEL has not been approved and the aeroplane has instruments and equipment, other than the instruments and equipment specified in subregulation (1), that are not serviceable or that have been removed unless— |
| (a) | where the unserviceable instrument or equipment is not removed from the aeroplane, it is isolated or secured so as not to constitute a hazard to any other aeroplane system or to any person on board the aeroplane; |
| (b) | the appropriate placards are installed as required by the maintenance control manual; and |
| (c) | an entry recording the actions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) is made in the flight folio, as applicable. |