Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 (repealed)Show full title

SECTION B U.K. PROCEDURE FOR COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

SUBPART A GENERAL U.K.

147.B.05 Scope U.K.

This section establishes the administrative requirements to be followed by the competent authorities in charge of the application and the enforcement of Section A of this Part.

147.B.10 Competent Authority U.K.

(a) General U.K.

The Member State shall designate a competent authority with allocated responsibilities for the issuance, continuation, change, suspension or revocation of Part-147 certificates. This competent authority shall establish documented procedures and an organisational structure.

(b) Resources U.K.

The competent authority shall be appropriately staffed to carry out the requirements of this Part.

(c) Procedures U.K.

The competent authority shall establish procedures detailing how compliance with this Part is accomplished.

The procedures shall be reviewed and amended to ensure continued compliance.

[F1 (d) Qualification and training U.K.

All staff involved in approvals related to this Annex must:

1.

Be appropriately qualified and have all necessary knowledge, experience and training to perform their allocated tasks.

2.

Have received training and continuation training on Annex III (Part-66) and Annex IV (Part-147) where relevant, including its intended meaning and standard.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2010 of 5 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Text with EEA relevance).

147.B.15 Acceptable means of compliance U.K.

The Agency shall develop acceptable means of compliance that the competent authority may use to establish compliance with this Part. When the acceptable means of compliance are complied with, the related requirements of this Part shall be considered as met.

147.B.20 Record-keeping U.K.

(a)

The competent authority shall establish a system of record-keeping that allows adequate traceability of the process to issue, renew, continue, vary, suspend or revoke each approval.

(b)

The records for the oversight of maintenance training organisations shall include as a minimum:

1.

the application for an organisation approval.

2.

the organisation approval certificate including any changes.

3.

a copy of the audit program listing the dates when audits are due and when audits were carried out.

4.

continued oversight records including all audit records.

5.

copies of all relevant correspondence.

6.

details of any exemption and enforcement actions.

7.

any report from other competent authorities relating to the oversight of the organisation.

8.

organisation exposition and amendments.

(c)

The minimum retention period for the paragraph (b) records shall be four years.

147.B.25 Exemptions U.K.

(a)

The competent authority may exempt a State education department school from:

1.

being an organisation as specified in 147.A.10.

2.

having an accountable manager, subject to the limitation that the department appoint a senior person to manage the training organisation and such person has a budget sufficient to operate the organisation to the standard of Part-147.

3.

having recourse to the independent audit part of a quality system subject to the department operating an independent schools inspectorate to audit the maintenance training organisation at the frequency required by this Part.

(b)

All exemptions granted in accordance with Article 10(3) of the basic Regulation shall be recorded and retained by the competent authority.

SUBPART B ISSUE OF AN APPROVAL U.K.

This Subpart provides the requirements to issue or vary the maintenance training organisation approval.

F2 147.B.100 General U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2010 of 5 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 147.B.105 Application for an approval or variation U.K.

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[F3 147.B.110 Procedure for approval and changes to the approval U.K.

(a) Upon receipt of an application, the competent authority shall: U.K.

1.

review the maintenance training organisation exposition; and

2.

verify the organisation’s compliance with the requirement of Annex IV (Part-147).

(b) All findings identified shall be recorded and confirmed in writing to the applicant. U.K.

(c) All findings shall be closed in accordance with point 147.B.130 before the approval is issued. U.K.

(d) The reference number shall be included on the approval certificate in a manner specified by the Agency.] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2010 of 5 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 147.B.115 Variation procedure U.K.

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147.B.120 Continued validity procedure U.K.

(a)

Each organisation must be completely audited for compliance with this Part at periods not exceeding 24 months.

(b)

Findings shall be processed in accordance with 147.B.130.

147.B.125 Maintenance training organisation approval certificate U.K.

The maintenance training organisation approval certificate format shall be as detailed in Appendix II.

147.B.130 Findings U.K.

(a)

Failure to complete the rectification of any level 1 finding within three days of written notification shall entail revocation, suspension or limitation by the competent authority, of the maintenance training organisation approval in whole or in part.

(b)

Action shall be taken by the competent authority to revoke, limit or suspend in whole or part the approval in case of failure to comply within the time scale granted by the competent authority in the case of a level 2 finding.

SUBPART C REVOCATION, SUSPENSION AND LIMITATION OF THE MAINTENANCE TRAINING ORGANISATION APPROVAL U.K.

147.B.200 Revocation, suspension and limitation of the maintenance training organisation approval U.K.

The competent authority shall:

(a)

suspend an approval on reasonable grounds in the case of potential safety threat; or

(b)

suspend, revoke or limit an approval pursuant to 147.B.130.