{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/870",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-isle-of-man-order-2015",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Who may issue a certificate of release to service",
  "text": "A certificate of release to service issued under this Order may be issued only by a person, whether an individual or an incorporated person, who is —\n(a) the holder of an aircraft maintenance engineer’s licence —\n(i) granted under this Order, being a licence that entitles the holder to issue the certificate; or\n(ii) granted under the law of a country other than the Isle of Man and rendered valid under this Order, being a licence that entitles the holder to issue the certificate in accordance with the privileges endorsed on the licence;\n(b) approved by the Department as being competent to issue the certification and who is acting in accordance with the approval;\n(c) in a particular case, authorised by the Department to issue the certificate and who is acting in accordance with the approval;\n(d) in relation only to the adjustment and compensation of direct reading magnetic compasses, the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) or a Flight Navigator’s Licence rendered valid under this Order;\n(e) approved in accordance with Part 145 and who is acting in accordance with the approval; or\n(f) listed in the maintenance organisation manual of a maintenance organisation approved under Part M Subpart F as a member of the certifying staff of the organisation and who is acting in accordance with the scope of the person’s approval as stated in the manual.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 27(c) substituted (1.5.2016) by The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/155), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 27 in force at 1.5.2015, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/870/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:33.436917+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}