CAR 1988 Versus CASR Part 66

Permissions
A significant difference is that a Part 66 licence is a permission to perform maintenance certifications and issue CRS for aircraft maintenance.

The previous CAR 31 licence was predominantly a permission for individuals to perform maintenance. In the future, the permission to perform maintenance will be provided by CASR Part 42.

Certification
The current ‘certification of maintenance’ under the Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) 1988 will be replaced by a ‘maintenance certification’ under the CASR. The current maintenance release under the CAR 1988 will be replaced by a CRS under the CASR.

Licensing
The proposed Part 66 aircraft maintenance licensing regulation will reduce the number of core licence categories from five to two. The B1 or B2 category licence is, in effect, a licence with privilege equivalent to holding the current CASA lower group ratings.


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