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Chapter 2 Maintenance Management
Section 3 Life-Limited Part
Article 15
Aircraft owner or operator shall submit a life-limited part control program which refers to recommendations from manufacture for CAA acceptance.
Article 16
Each person who removes a life-limited part from an aircraft, its powerplant, propeller, component or part, must ensure that the part is controlled using one of the methods in Attachment 7. The method must deter the installation of the part after it has reached its life limit.
Article 17
When a life-limited part is temporarily removed and reinstalled for the purpose of performing maintenance, no disposition under Article 16 is required if—
1.The life status of the part has notchanged;
2.The removal and reinstallation is performed on the same serial numbered product; and
3.That product does not accumulate time in service while the part is removed.
Article 18
Each person who removes a life-limited part from a aircraft, its powerplant, propeller, component or part, and later sells or otherwise transfers that part must transfer with the part the mark, tag, or other record used to comply with this section, unless the part is mutilated before it is sold or transferred.