21L.B.252 Oversight programme

(a)     The competent authority shall establish and maintain an oversight programme in order to ensure compliance with point 21L.B.251. This oversight programme shall take into account the specific nature of the natural or legal person, the complexity of their activities and the results of past oversight activities, and it shall be based on the assessment of the associated risks. It shall include, within each oversight planning cycle:

1.       assessments, audits and inspections, including as appropriate:

(i)      production control system assessments and process audits;

(ii)     product audits of a relevant sample of the products and parts that are under the scope of the natural or legal person;

(iii)     sampling of the work performed; and

(iv)     unannounced inspections;

2.       meetings convened between the legal or natural person and the competent authority to ensure that they both remain informed of any significant issues.

(b)     The oversight programme shall include records of the dates when assessments, audits, inspections and meetings are due, and when assessments, audits, inspections and meetings have been effectively carried out.

(c)      An oversight planning cycle that does not exceed 24 months shall be applied.

(d)     Notwithstanding point (c), the oversight planning cycle may be extended to 36 months if the competent authority has established that during the previous 24 months:

1.       the natural or legal person has demonstrated that they can effectively identify aviation safety hazards and manage the associated risks;

2.       the natural or legal person has continuously demonstrated compliance with point 21L.A.273 and that they have full control over all changes to the management system for production;

3.       no level 1 findings have been issued;

4.       all corrective actions have been implemented within the time period that was accepted or extended by the competent authority as defined in point 21L.B.21.

(e)     Notwithstanding point (c), the oversight planning cycle may be further extended to a maximum of 48 months if, in addition to the conditions provided in point (d), the natural or legal person has established, and the competent authority has approved, an effective continuous system for reporting to the competent authority on the safety performance and regulatory compliance of the natural or legal person themselves.

(f)      The oversight planning cycle may be reduced if there is evidence that the safety performance of the natural or legal person has decreased.

(g)     At the completion of each oversight planning cycle, the competent authority shall issue a recommendation report on the continuation of the activities conducted by the natural or legal person, reflecting the results of the oversight.