History — 521.29

521.29 (1) Unless an applicant demonstrates, at the time of submitting an application for a type certificate in respect of an aeronautical product, that a longer period is required for the design, development and testing of the product, and for that reason the Minister approves a longer period, the application is effective during one of the following periods, beginning on the date of the application: (a) five years, in the case of a transport category aeroplane or a transport category rotorcraft; or (b) three years, in the case of (i) an aircraft other than an aircraft referred to in paragraph (a), (ii) an aircraft engine, or (iii) an aircraft propeller. (2) If a type certificate is not issued within the applicable effective period referred to in subsection (1), the applicant may (a) submit a new application for a type certificate; or (b) apply for an extension of the effective period of the original application. (3) If the effective period of an application for a type certificate is extended under paragraph (2)(b), the standards of airworthiness applicable to the aeronautical product are those in force on the date that precedes, by one of the periods referred to in subsection (1),…