HKAR-145 Approved Maintenance Organisations, Issue 4 Revision 5

HKAR-145 SECTION 1
HKAR 145.3 Effectivity
(a)
This HKAR-145 was first issued on 1 February 1993 and became effective on that
date with the exception of HKAR 145.1.
(b) HKAR 145.1 came into force on 1 December 1995.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
A HKAR-145 Approval may be issued by the Director-General of Civil Aviation
(hereinafter referred as Director-General) prior to the paragraph (a) date.
HKAR-145 approved maintenance organisations that have or intend to have
maintenance carried out under their quality system by another organisation in
accordance with HKAR 145.1(b) or (c) must be in compliance with the limitations of
HKAR 145.1(e) after 31 May 2001.
Organisations that carry out or intend to carry out maintenance of aircraft must be in
compliance with HKAR 145.30(g)(1) and HKAR 145.30(g)(2) and HKAR 145.30(j),
as appropriate, on or after 1 April 2004 but may choose to be partly or completely in
compliance before this date.
Organisations must be in compliance with HKAR 145.30(f) on or after 31 December
2003.
Organisations must be in compliance with amended HKAR 145.60 on or after 1 June
2004.
(h) Organisations must be in compliance with amended HKAR 145.30(e) on or after 1
July 2005.
(i) Organisations must be in compliance with HKAR 145.47 on or after 1 June 2004.
(j) Organisations shall implement a Safety Management System on 1 January 2009.
HKAR 145.5 Definitions
(See GM 145.5)
For the purpose of this HKAR-145 the following definitions shall apply:
'Aircraft' means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of
the air other than reactions of the air against earth's surface.
'Aircraft component' means any engine, propeller, part or appliance.
'Approved by the Director-General' means approved by the Director-General directly or in
accordance with a procedure approved by the Director-General.
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