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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 21 : Certification Procedures for Products and Parts

Subpart 2 : Type Certificates

21.02.13 Duties of holder of type certificate

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The holder of a type certificate shall—

(a)keep the original type certificate in a safe place and produce such certificate to an authorised officer, inspector or authorised person for inspection if so requested by such inspector;
(b)retain all relevant design information, drawings, test reports and inspection records of the product for a period of two years from the date on which the last example of the product has been permanently withdrawn from service;
(c)produce the design information, drawings, test reports and inspection records to an authorised officer, inspector or authorised person for inspection if so requested by such inspector;
(d)provide at least one set of instructions for safe operation and continued airworthiness, prepared in accordance with the appropriate airworthiness design standards referred to in regulation 21.02.3, to each purchaser of the product, upon its delivery, or upon the issuing of the first standard certificate of airworthiness for the product concerned, whichever occurs later;
(e)make the instructions referred to in paragraph (d), and any changes to the instructions, available to any other person required to comply with the instructions;
(f)develop and maintain a system for receiving and analysing information relating to defects in the product type;
(g)inform each owner of a product of the same type of the details of the system developed according to the provisions of paragraph (f);
(h)generate and update a flight manual for the product;
(i)report to the Director any failure, malfunction or defect in accordance with the provisions of regulation 21.01.3.