Singapore legislation
Regulation 176
of Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018
Regulation 176
Maintenance Control Manual
Subregulation 1
An AOC holder must ensure its Maintenance Control Manual contains the following details:
a description of the administrative arrangements between the AOC holder and the maintenance organisation, if the AOC holder has contracted out its engineering or maintenance support, or both;
a description of the maintenance procedures and the procedures for completing and signing of certificates of maintenance review and release to service, if maintenance is not contracted out;
the name and duty of every person assigned by the AOC holder to ensure that maintenance is carried out in accordance with the Maintenance Control Manual;
a reference to the maintenance programmes that the AOC holder is required to comply with;
a description of the methods used for the completion and retention of maintenance records;
a description of the AOC holder’s reliability or condition monitoring programme and the associated reporting procedures;
a description of the AOC holder’s procedures for assessing continuing airworthiness information and implementation of resulting actions;
a description of the AOC holder’s procedures for implementing action resulting from mandatory continuing airworthiness information;
a description of the AOC holder’s manner of establishing and maintaining a system of analysis and continued monitoring of the performance and efficiency of the maintenance programme, in order to correct any deficiency in that programme;
a description of aircraft types and models to which the Maintenance Control Manual applies;
a description of the AOC holder’s procedures for ensuring that defects, damages or unserviceabilities affecting airworthiness are recorded and rectified;
a description of the AOC holder’s procedures for reporting to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation any significant in‑service occurrences.
Subregulation 2
An AOC holder must establish procedures to ensure that the Maintenance Control Manual being used by the personnel concerned contains current information.