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Part 66 - ANNEX III - Maintenance Certifying Staff

(a) A maintenance organisation approved in accordance with Annex II (Part-145), when
authorised to carry out this activity by the CAA, may (i) prepare the aircraft maintenance
licence on behalf of the CAA or (ii) make recommendations to the CAA regarding the
application from an individual for a aircraft maintenance licence so that the CAA may
prepare and issue such licence.
(b) Maintenance organisations referred to in point (a) shall ensure compliance with points
66.B.100(a) and (b).
(c) In all cases, the aircraft maintenance licence can only be issued to the applicant by the
CAA.
66.B.105 AMC Procedure for the issue of an aircraft maintenance licence via the Part-145 approved maintenance
organisation
1. The maintenance organisation approved under Part-145 should include the procedure in
the organisation’s exposition (Chapter 3.16) and this procedure should be audited by the
CAA at least once in each 12-month period. This procedure should include a limitation
stating that it is only applicable to the case where the CAA for the Part-145 approval and
for the Part-66 licence is the same.
2. The Part-145 organisation should check that the experience records have been properly
countersigned.
3. The maintenance organisation approved under Part-145 may keep the experience record
of applicants in a different form from that of application CAA Form 19 but such different
form or manner should be acceptable to the CAA.
66.B.110 Procedure for the change of an aircraft maintenance licence to include an additional basic category or
subcategory
(a) At the completion of the procedures specified in points 66.B.100 or 66.B.105, the CAA
shall endorse the additional basic category, subcategory or, for category B2L, system
rating(s) on the aircraft maintenance licence by stamp and signature or shall reissue the
licence.
(b) The record system of the CAA shall be changed accordingly.
(c) Upon request by the applicant, the CAA shall replace a licence in category B2L with a
licence in category B2 endorsed with the same aircraft rating(s) when the holder has
demonstrated both of the following:
(i) by examination the differences between the basic knowledge corresponding to the
B2L licence held and the basic knowledge of the B2 licence, as set out in Appendix
I;
(ii) the practical experience required in Appendix IV.
(d) In the case of a holder of an aircraft maintenance licence in subcategory B1.2 endorsed
with the Group 3 rating or in category B3 endorsed with the rating ‘piston engine non-
pressurised aeroplanes of 2 000 kg MTOM and below’, the CAA shall issue, upon
application, a fully rated licence in subcategories L1 and L2, with the same limitations as
the B1.2/B3 licence held.
66.B.110 AMC Procedure for the change of an aircraft maintenance licence to include an additional basic category or
subcategory
In the case of computer-generated licences, the licence should be reissued.
When the conditions set in the rule for extending a B2L licence to include the B2 category are met, the
B2L licence should be replaced by a B2 licence.
The B2L licence replaced by a B2 licence should be retained by the CAA.
66.B.115 Procedure for the change of an aircraft maintenance licence to include an aircraft rating or to remove
limitations
(a) On receipt of a satisfactory CAA Form 19 and any supporting documentation
demonstrating compliance with the requirements of the applicable rating together with the
accompanying aircraft maintenance licence, the CAA shall either:
1. endorse the applicant's aircraft maintenance licence with the applicable aircraft
rating; or
2. reissue the said licence to include the applicable aircraft rating; or
3. remove the applicable limitations in accordance with point 66.A.50.
The CAA record system shall be changed accordingly.
(b) In the case where the complete type training is not conducted by maintenance training
organisation appropriately approved in accordance with Annex IV (Part-147), the CAA shall
be satisfied that all type training requirements are complied with before the type rating is
issued.
(c) In the case where the On the Job Training is not required, the aircraft type rating shall be
endorsed based on a Certificate of Recognition issued by a maintenance training
organisation approved in accordance with Annex IV (part-147).
(d) In the case where the aircraft type training is not covered by a single course, the CAA shall
be satisfied prior to the type rating endorsement that the content and length of the courses
fully satisfy the scope of the licence category and that the interface areas have been
appropriately addressed.
(e) In the case of differences training, the CAA shall be satisfied that (i) the applicant's
previous qualification, supplemented by (ii) either a course approved in accordance with
Annex IV (Part-147) or a course directly approved by the CAA, are acceptable for type
rating endorsement.
(f) The CAA shall ensure that compliance with the practical elements of the type training is
demonstrated by one of the following:
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