21.A.8 Access and investigation

SI No. 588/2023

Any person that holds, or has applied for, a type-certificate, restricted type-certificate, supplemental type-certificate, UKTSO authorisation, design change or repair approval, certificate of airworthiness, noise certificate, permit to fly, design organisation approval, production organisation approval certificate or letter of agreement under this Regulation, must:

(a) grant the CAA access to any facility, product, part or appliance, document, record, data, process, procedure or to any other material in order to review any report, make any inspection, or perform or witness any flight and ground test, as necessary, in order to verify the initial and continued compliance of the organisation with the applicable requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;

(b) make arrangements to ensure the CAA has access, as provided for in point (a) and has access to the facilities of the person’s suppliers and subcontractors.