Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
Regulation 9
Certification of maintenance review
Subregulation 1
A Singapore aircraft in respect of which a Certificate of Airworthiness in the Transport, Aerial Work or Private Category is in force shall not fly unless —
the aircraft (including in particular its engines), together with its equipment and radio station, is maintained in accordance with maintenance schedules approved by the Chief Executive in relation to that aircraft; and
there is in force a certificate of maintenance review issued in accordance with this paragraph and such certificate shall certify the date on which the maintenance review was carried out and the date thereafter when the next review is due:Provided that an aircraft may, notwithstanding that sub-paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) have not been complied with in relation to the radio station therein, fly for the sole purpose of enabling persons to be trained to perform duties in aircraft.
Subregulation 2
The approved maintenance schedule referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall specify the occasions on which a review must be carried out for the purpose of issuing a certificate of maintenance review.
Subregulation 3
A certificate of maintenance review may be issued for the purposes of this paragraph only by —
the holder of an aircraft maintenance licence granted under paragraph 11, in accordance with the privileges of the rating endorsed on the licence as specified in the Singapore Airworthiness Requirements (SAR);
the holder of an aircraft maintenance licence granted under the law of any country other than Singapore and rendered valid under this Order, in accordance with the privileges of the rating endorsed thereon;
the holder of an aircraft maintenance licence granted under the law of any country notified by the Chief Executive, in accordance with the privileges of the rating endorsed thereon and subject to any conditions that the Chief Executive may impose;
a person whom the Chief Executive has authorised to issue a certificate of maintenance review in a particular case, and in accordance with that authority; or
a person approved by the Chief Executive as being competent to issue such certificates, and in accordance with that approval:Provided that, upon approving a maintenance schedule, the Chief Executive may direct that certificates of maintenance review relating to that schedule, or to any part thereof specified in his direction, may be issued only by the holder of such a licence as is so specified.
Subregulation 4
A person referred to in sub-paragraph (3) shall not issue a certificate of maintenance review unless he has first verified that —
maintenance has been carried out on the aircraft in accordance with the maintenance schedule approved for that aircraft;
inspections and modifications required by the Chief Executive as provided in paragraph 7 have been completed as certified in the relevant certificate of release to service;
defects entered in the technical log of the aircraft in accordance with regulation 101 of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 441/2018) have been rectified or the rectification thereof has been deferred in accordance with procedures approved by the Chief Executive; and
certificates of release to service have been issued in accordance with paragraph 10.
Subregulation 5
For the purpose of sub-paragraph (4), operator of the aircraft shall furnish all such information relating to all such matters as may be necessary for the person referred to in that sub-paragraph.
Subregulation 6
Each certificate of maintenance review must be issued in duplicate —
one copy of which must (during the period of validity of the certificate) be carried in the aircraft when required under regulation 7 of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018; and (b)the other copy of which must be kept by the operator elsewhere than in the aircraft.
Subregulation 7
[Deleted by S 683/2018 wef 09/10/2018]
Subregulation 8
[Deleted by S 683/2018 wef 09/10/2018]
Subregulation 9
Upon the rectification of any defect that is entered in a technical log in accordance with regulation 101 of the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018, the operator must ensure that a copy of the certificate of release to service required under paragraph 10 is entered in the technical log in such a position or manner as to be readily identifiable with the entry of the defect to which the certificate relates.
Subregulation 10
The operator must ensure that a copy of the entries mentioned in sub-paragraph (9) is kept on the ground.
Subregulation 11
Subject to paragraph 59, every certificate of maintenance review shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft for a period of two years following the expiry of the period of validity of the certificate and for such further period as the Chief Executive may require in any particular case.