Civil Aviation Regulations, 1996 (LI 1617).

Regulation 10 Inspection, Overhaul, Repair, Replacement and Modification. (1) Except as provided in sub-regulation (3) of this regulation an aircraft registered in Ghana in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness issued or rendered valid under this regulation is in force shall not fly unless there is in force a certificate of release to service issued in accordance with this regulation if the aircraft or any part of the aircraft or such of its equipment as is necessary for the airworthiness of the aircraft has been overhauled, repaired, replaced, modified, maintained, or has been inspected as provided in regulation 7 (7) (b) of these Regulations. (2) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (1) of this regulation where a repair or other replacement of a part of the aircraft or its equipment is carried out when the aircraft is at a place where it is not reasonably practicable for the repair or replacement to be carried out in such a manner that a certificate of release to service can be issued, or for such certificate to be issued while the aircraft is at that place, it may fly to a place (a) where the aircraft can, in the reasonable opinion of the commander, safely fly by a route for which it is properly equipped; and (b) to which it is reasonable to fly having regard to any hazards to the liberty or health of any person on board; at which a certificate can be issued and in such case the commander of the aircraft shall cause written particulars of the flight, and the reasons for making it, to be given to the Authority within 10 days thereafter. (3) Nothing in sub-regulation (1) or (2) of the regulation shall require a certificate of release to service to be in force in respect of an aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 2,730kgs and in respect of which a certificate of airworthiness of the special category is in force, unless the Authority gives a direction to the contrary in a particular case. (4) Nothing in sub-regulation (1) or (2) of this regulation shall prevent an aircraft in respect of which there is in force a certificate of airworthiness in the private or special categories and whose maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 2,730kgs. from flying if the only repairs or replacements in respect of which a certificate of release to service is not in force are of such description as may be prescribed and have been carried out personally by the owner or operator of the aircraft being the holder of a pilot's licence granted or rendered valid under these Regulations.  In that event the owner or operator, as the case may be, of the aircraft shall keep in the aircraft log book kept in respect of the aircraft pursuant to regulation 15 of these Regulations a record which identifies the repair or replacement and shall sign and date the entries and subject to the provisions of regulation 64 of these Regulations shall preserve the log book for the period specified in regulation 15 of these Regulations.  Any equipment or parts used in carrying such repairs replacements shall be of a type approved by the Authority whether generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or the particular aircraft. (5) Neither (a) equipment provided in compliance with Schedule 5 to these Regulations except paragraph (3) thereof; or (b) radio apparatus provided for use in an aircraft or in any survival craft carried in an aircraft, whether or not such apparatus is provided in compliance with these Regulations or any other regulations; shall be installed or placed on board for use in an aircraft registered in Ghana after being overhauled, repaired, modified or inspected, unless there is in force in respect thereof at the time when it is installed or placed on board a certificate of release to service issued in accordance with this regulation. (6) A certificate of release to service shall (a) certify that the aircraft or any part therefor or its equipment has been overhauled, repaired, replaced, modified or maintained as the case may be, in a manner and with material of a type approved by the Authority either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft or the particular aircraft and shall identify the overhaul, repairs, replacement, modification or maintenance to which the certificate relates and shall include particulars of the work done; and (b) certify in relation to any inspection required by the Authority that the aircraft or the part thereof or its equipment, as the case may be, has been inspected in accordance with the requirements of the Authority and that any consequential repair, replacement or modification has been carried out as aforesaid. (7) A certificate of release to service may be issued for the purpose of this regulation only by (a) the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer's licence (i) granted under these Regulations being a licence which entitles him to issue that certificate; (ii) granted under the law of a country other than Ghana and rendered valid under these Regulations, in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence; (iii) granted under the law of any such country as may be prescribed in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence and subject to any conditions which may be prescribed, (b) the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer's licence or authorisation as such an engineer granted or issued by or under the law of any Contracting State other than Ghana and the overhaul, repair, replacement, modification or inspection has been carried out only in respect of aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised does not exceed 2,730kg. and in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence; (c) a person approved by the Authority as being competent to issue such certification, and in accordance with that approval; (d) a person whom the Authority has authorised to issue the certificate in a particular case, and in accordance with the authority; or (e) the holder of an Aircraft Transport Pilot's Licence (Aeroplanes) or a Flight Navigator's Licence granted or rendered valid under these Regulations in relation only to the adjustment and compensation of direct reading magnetic compasses.(8) Subject to regulation 64, a certificate of release to service shall be preserved by the operator of the aircraft to which it relates for the period of time for which he is required to preserve the log book relating to the same part of the aircraft or to the same equipment or apparatus as the case may be. (9) In this regulation, the expression repair includes in relation to a compass the adjustment and compensation thereof.

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