| (1) | An applicant for the issuing of a standard category certificate of airworthiness for an aircraft, or an amendment thereof, shall provide the Director with proof that— |
| (a) | in the case of a new aircraft type manufactured by the holder of a manufacturing organisation approval issued under Part 148— |
| (i) | the applicant is the manufacturer; and |
| (ii) | the applicant has issued a statement of conformity in terms of regulation 21.02.6; or |
| (b) | in the case of an imported aircraft— |
| (i) | a standard category type acceptance certificate has been issued for the aircraft type in terms of regulation 21.04.5; and |
| (ii) | a statement of conformity has been issued by, or in accordance with the laws of, the appropriate authority of the exporting State. |
| (2) | The applicant shall, in addition to the provisions of subregulation (1), provide the Director with proof that— |
| (a) | the aircraft conforms to an appropriate type certificate or type acceptance certificate; |
| (aA) | the aircraft complies with the noise standards prescribed in Part 36; |
[Regulation 21.08.4(2)(aA) inserted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 1026, GG 39339, dated 30 October 2015 (Tenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2015)]
| (b) | any modification to the aircraft conforms to the design changes approved for the type; |
| (c) | the aircraft complies with the appropriate airworthiness directives issued in terms of regulation 21.01.4; |
| (d) | the aircraft is issued with the appropriate flight manual, and any logbooks, repair and alteration forms and documents which the Director may require; and |
| (e) | the aircraft is in a condition for safe operation. |
