43.105 Certifying release-to-service after maintenance

• (a) Except as required in paragraph (b), a person who certifies an aircraft or component for release-to-service after maintenance must record the following information in the appropriate maintenance logbook or worksheet, and the technical log as may be necessary, immediately adjacent to the details of the maintenance that is required to be recorded under rule 43.69--
  • (1) the person's name; and
  • (2) the person's signature except if the maintenance logbook or worksheet is in electronic format; and
  • (3) the person's licence, approval, or authorisation number; and
  • (4) the date of entry; and
  • (5) the following statement of release-to-service if the maintenance logbook, worksheet, or technical log, as the case may be, does not include a preformatted equivalent statement: "The maintenance recorded has been carried out in accordance with the requirements of New Zealand Civil Aviation Rule Part 43 and in respect of that maintenance the (aircraft)* (component)* is released to service". * delete as applicable
• (b) If a component is not installed on, or allocated to an aircraft, the person certifying the component for release-to-service must certify the release-to-service on--
  • (1) CAA Form One - authorised release certificate if--
    • (i) rule 43.54 requires the maintenance to be performed under the authority of, and in accordance with the provisions of, a maintenance organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 145; or
    • (ii) the component is to be exported in accordance with the provisions of a maintenance organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 145 or an aircraft manufacturing organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 148; or
  • (2) CAA Form Two ­ New Zealand domestic part label.