21.A.263 Privileges

SI No. 588/2023

(a) (Reserved)

(b) (Reserved)

(c) A holder of a design organisation approval shall be entitled, within the scope of its terms of approval, issued under point 21.A.251, and under the relevant procedures of the design management system:

1.  to classify changes to a type-certificate or to a supplemental type-certificate and repair designs as ‘major’ or ‘minor’;

2.  to approve minor changes to a type-certificate or to a supplemental type-certificate and minor repair designs;

3.  (Reserved);

4.  (Reserved);

5.  to approve certain major repair designs under Subpart M to products or auxiliary power units (APUs);

6.  to approve for certain aircraft the flight conditions under which a permit to fly can be issued in accordance with point 21.A.710(a)(2), except for permits to fly to be issued for the purpose of point 21.A.701(a)(15);

7.  to issue a permit to fly in accordance with point 21.A.711(b) for an aircraft it has designed or modified, or for which it has approved, in accordance with point 21.A.263(c)(6), the flight conditions under which the permit to fly can be issued, and where the holder of a design organisation approval itself:

(i)  controls the configuration of the aircraft, and

(ii)  attests conformity with the design conditions approved for the flight;

8.  to approve certain major changes to a type-certificate under Subpart D; and

9.  to issue certain supplemental type-certificates under Subpart E and approve certain major changes to those certificates.