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- Ensure aircraft is airworthy and properly maintained before any flight Any Person
Retained EU Law
2014
United Kingdom
Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 (Continuing Airworthiness)
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
21 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 13
- Contractor 3
- Employer 2
- Operator 1
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Contractors also bound by 178 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 2015 137 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 2015 134 duties
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 114 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 2023 93 duties
- The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 2004 87 duties
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
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- Issue CAA Form 1 correctly for maintenance release Any Person
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- Align your approval scope with your maintenance organisation exposition Any Person
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- Maintain a scope of work in your MOE matching your CAA approval Any Person
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Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Continuing airworthiness staff with pre-regulation privileges may keep them without re-qualifying Statutory regulator
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- Provide aircraft type training compliant with approved standards and timelines Contractor
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- Conduct written aircraft type training exam to specified standards Any Person
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- Assess trainees after aircraft type training Employer
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- Pass type examination under Part-66 for aircraft licence rating Contractor
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- Conduct approved On the Job Training under a certified maintenance organisation Contractor
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- Keep your aircraft maintenance licence safe and unaltered Any Person
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- Conduct examinations in line with standardisation basis Employer
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- You must not perform complex aircraft maintenance tasks yourself Any Person
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- Maintain aircraft continuing airworthiness and ensure flight readiness Any Person
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- Assess damage and use approved data when repairing aircraft Any Person
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- Only use approved maintenance data when servicing aircraft Any Person
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- Issue correct maintenance release documents for aircraft components Any Person
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- Perform airworthiness review and submit ARC to CAA within 10 days Any Person
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Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- CAA must conduct inspections and investigations to verify continuing airworthiness compliance Statutory regulator
Continuing airworthiness requirements
- Ensure continuing airworthiness of your aircraft according to applicable regulations Operator
Training organisation requirements
- Get CAA approval for aircraft maintenance training courses Any Person
Browse 58 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
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These instructions relate only to the use of the CAA...
Except as stated otherwise for the smallest organisations referred to...
In addition to the requirements laid down in Annex I...
Competence and responsibility The Pilot-owner is always responsible for any...
The following constitutes the complex maintenance tasks referred to in...
The modification, repair or replacement by riveting, bonding, laminating, or...
The provisions of Appendix II to Annex I (Part-M) apply....
Except as stated otherwise for the smallest organisations referred to...
Subject-matter and scope
Definitions
Approvals for organisations involved in the continuing airworthiness [of aircraft]
Certifying staff
Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 is repealed. References to the repealed...
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