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Each holder of a design organisation certificate must—
(1) hold at least one complete and current copy of its exposition at each work location specified in its exposition; and
(2) comply with all procedures and systems detailed in its exposition; and
(3) make each applicable part of the exposition available to personnel who require those parts to carry out their duties; and
(4) continue to meet the standards and comply with the requirements that Subpart B prescribes for certification under this Part; and
(5) determine that each design or design change approved or submitted for approval complies with the applicable airworthiness requirements, has no unsafe features, and is fit for embodiment.
Each design or design change developed by an approved firm under regulation 176 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1953 at the time this Part comes into force is deemed to have been developed by an organisation certificated under this Part.
(a) A holder of a design organisation certificate must ensure that the exposition for the holder’s organisation is amended so that it remains a current description of the holder’s organisation.
(b) The certificate holder must—
(1) ensure that any amendment made to its exposition meets the applicable requirements of this Part; and
(2) complies with the amendment procedures contained in its exposition.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d), the certificate holder must forward to the Director for retention a copy of each amendment to its exposition as soon as practicable after the amendment is incorporated into its exposition.
(d) The certificate holder must obtain the approval of the Director before changing any of the following:
(1) the chief executive:
(2) the listed senior persons:
(3) the scope of the design activities the certificate holder undertakes:
(4) the location at which work is carried out:
(5) the system for safety management, if the change is a material change:
(6) any DAMP, if the change is a material change.
(e) The Director may impose conditions under which the certificate holder must operate during or following any of the changes specified in paragraph (d).
(f) The certificate holder must comply with any condition imposed by the Director under paragraph (e).
(g) If any change referred to in this rule requires an amendment to the design organisation certificate, the certificate holder must forward the certificate to the Director for endorsement of the change as soon as practicable.
(h) The certificate holder must amend its exposition as the Director may consider necessary in the interests of aviation safety.
