Canadian Aviation Regulations

521.31 (1) For the issuance of a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product, the standards of airworthiness, including the aircraft categories set out in subsection 521.27(1), are those specified in the following chapters of the Airworthiness Manual, as applicable:

• (a) Chapter 522 — Gliders and Powered Gliders;

• (b) Chapter 523 — Normal, Utility, Aerobatic and Commuter Category Aeroplanes;

• (c) Chapter 523 – VLA — Very Light Aeroplanes;

• (d) Chapter 525 — Transport Category Aeroplanes;

• (e) Chapter 527 — Normal Category Rotorcraft;

• (f) Chapter 529 — Transport Category Rotorcraft;

• (g) Chapter 531 — Manned Free Balloons;

• (h) Chapter 533 — Aircraft Engines;

• (i) Chapter 535 — Propellers; and

• (j) Chapter 541 — Airships.

(2) The standards of airworthiness for the design and installation of an item of aircraft equipment required by Part VI or VII are

• (a) those specified in Chapter 551 — Aircraft Equipment and Installation of the Airworthiness Manual; or

• (b) if no standards of airworthiness for the design and installation of the item of aircraft equipment are specified in Chapter 551 — Aircraft Equipment and Installation of the Airworthiness Manual, those specified in the certification basis of the aircraft on which the equipment is installed.