Civil Aviation Act 1990

Entry into the civil aviation system

8: Application for aviation document

You could also call this:

"How to ask for or update your flying paperwork"

When you want to get or renew an aviation document, you need to apply to the Director. You'll use a special form if there is one, or you'll fill out the form the Director asks you to use.

When you apply, you must give your New Zealand address. You should also give your phone and fax numbers if you have them.

If you already have an aviation document, you need to tell the Director right away if you change your address, phone number, or fax number.

The Director will keep all this information in a special place called the Civil Aviation Registry.

If the Director needs to send you any notices about your aviation document, they will send them to the address you gave them. This is how they will officially contact you.

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7: Requirement for aviation document, or

"You might need special papers to do things in flying"

9: Grant or renewal of aviation document, or

"How to get or renew your aviation licence"

Part 1Entry into the civil aviation system

8Application for aviation document

Every application for the grant or renewal of an aviation document shall be made to the Director in the prescribed form or, if there is no prescribed form, in such form as the Director may require.
Every applicant for an aviation document shall include in the application the applicant's address for service in New Zealand including, where applicable, telephone and facsimile numbers.
It shall be the duty of every holder of an aviation document to maintain the currency of the information provided under subsection (2) by promptly notifying the Director of any changes to the address, telephone number, or facsimile number.
The Director shall ensure that a record of all information provided under this section is maintained at the Civil Aviation Registry.
Service of any notification under this Act on a holder of, or applicant for, an aviation document shall be effective service if served on the address last provided by that holder or applicant under this section.

Notes

Section 8: substituted, on 10 August 1992, by section 5 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 75).
Section 8(2): substituted, on 13 August 1996, by section 5 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 91).