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AIR NAVIGATION (MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS’ LICENCES) REGULATIONS

(ARTICLE 64) [Commencement 31st December, 1950]

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Maintenance Engineers’ Licences) Regula- tions.

2. Application for the grant or renewal of a licence to act in the capacity of aircraft maintenance engineer, or for the extension of a rating included in such a licence, should be made to the Director of Civil Aviation on a form which will be supplied by him on request.

3. (1) An applicant for the grant of an aircraft maintenance engineer’s licence must not be less than twenty-one years of age.

(2) The period for which a licence may remain in force, following either the grant or any renewal thereof, shall not exceed twelve months.

4. The requirements to be satisfied for the grant or renewal of a licence or for the extension of a rating are specified in “Section L1 — licensing” of “British Civil Airworthiness Requirements” published by the Air Regis- tration Board.

5. The categories of certification and duties of certification in respect of which licences may be granted shall be as follows: CATEGORY A (applicable to aircraft, excluding en- gines) — (i) certification as to fitness for flight of an aircraft

for which a certificate of airworthiness is about to be issued;

(ii) certification as to the safety for flight of public transport aircraft;

(iii) certification of work done under approved maintenance schedules;

(iv) certification of repairs approved as minor repairs;

G.N. 124/1950 G.N. 215/1950

Title.

Application for licence.

Age of applicant and period of licence.

Requirements for grant, etc., of licence.

Privileges attaching to licence.

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(v) certification of modifications approved as minor modifications;

(vi) certification of replacement of approved components and parts.

CATEGORY B (applicable to aircraft, excluding en- gines) — (i) certification of aircraft after overhaul, including

the engine installation, except that the overhaul, repair or modification of the instruments, auto- matic pilots, variable-pitch propellers, or elec- trical equipment shall have been previously certified by a firm approved for the purpose or by an aircraft maintenance engineer licensed for the purpose in Category X;

(ii) certification of approved repairs; (iii) certification of approved modifications; (iv) certification of the replacement of approved

components and parts; (v) certification of the construction of components

and parts and the materials used therefor, unless it is stated in the licence that this duty is excluded.

CATEGORY C (applicable to engines) — (i) certification as to fitness for flight of the engines

in an aircraft for which a certificate of air- worthiness is about to be issued;

(ii) certification as to the safety for flight of engines in public transport aircraft;

(iii) certification of work done under approved maintenance schedules;

(iv) certification of the embodiment of approved modifications and the replacement of approved components and parts, provided that the work has not involved dismantling the engine other than to obtain access to the pistons, cylinders and valve operating gear.

CATEGORY D (applicable to engines only) — (i) certification of engines after overhaul, except

that the overhaul, repair or modification of magnetos and other ignition equipment shall have been previously certified by a firm ap- proved for the purpose or by an aircraft maintenance engineer licensed for the purpose in Category X;

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(ii) certification of approved repairs; (iii) certification of approved modifications; (iv) certification of the replacement of approved

components and parts; (v) certification of the construction of components

and parts and the materials used therefor, unless it is stated in the licence that this duty is excluded.

CATEGORY X — (i) certification of the installation and the compen-

sation of compasses; (ii) certification of overhauls, repairs, modifications

or replacements to magnetos and other ignition equipment;

(iii) certification of overhauls, repairs, modifications or replacements to and installation of — (a) variable-pitch propellers; (b) aircraft instruments and engine instru-

ments; (c) electrical equipment; (d) automatic pilots.

AIR NAVIGATION (CUSTOMS SUFFERANCE AIRPORTS) ORDER

(ARTICLE 67(1)) [Commencement 25 May, 1963.]

1. This Order may be cited as the Air Navigation (Customs Sufferance Airports) Order.

2. The place set out in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated a customs airport for the type of aircraft specified subject to such restrictions as are specified thereunder in the said Schedule.

G.N. 116/1963