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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

12: General requirements for participants in civil aviation system

You could also call this:

"Rules for people involved in flying activities in New Zealand"

If you want to do something that needs an aviation document, you must make sure you have the right document and all the necessary qualifications and other papers.

You must follow the Civil Aviation Act, the rules and regulations made under it, and any conditions that come with your aviation documents.

You need to make sure that you and anyone you're responsible for carry out the activities allowed by your aviation document safely and according to the safety standards and practices.

If your aviation document lets you provide a service in the civil aviation system, you have some extra responsibilities:

You might need to set up and follow a management system to make sure you're following safety standards and the conditions of your document.

You need to train and supervise your employees who do work related to your document. This is to make sure they follow safety standards and the conditions of your document, and to keep everyone safe.

You must provide enough resources to follow the safety standards and conditions of your document.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

12General requirements for participants in civil aviation system

  1. Every person who does anything for which an aviation document is required (in the succeeding provisions of this section called a participant) shall ensure that the appropriate aviation documents and all the necessary qualifications and other documents are held by that person.

  2. Every participant shall comply with this Act, the relevant rules or regulations made under this Act, and the conditions attached to the relevant aviation documents.

  3. Every participant shall ensure that the activities or functions for which the aviation document has been granted are carried out by the participant, and by all persons for whom the participant is responsible, safely and in accordance with the relevant prescribed safety standards and practices.

  4. Every participant who holds an aviation document that authorises the provision of a service within the civil aviation system—

  5. shall, if so required by rules made under this Act, establish and follow a management system that will ensure compliance with the relevant prescribed safety standards and the conditions attached to the document; and
    1. shall provide training and supervision to all employees of the participant who are engaged in doing anything to which the document relates, so as to maintain compliance with the relevant prescribed safety standards and the conditions attached to the document and to promote safety; and
      1. shall provide sufficient resources to ensure compliance with the relevant prescribed safety standards and the conditions attached to the document.

        Notes
        • Section 12(2): amended, on , by section 5 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 89).
        • Section 12(4)(c): amended, on , by section 3 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 116).