If you have a medical certificate and it's about to expire, you can ask the Director for more time. The Director might give you up to 60 extra days from when your current certificate was supposed to end. When the Director does this, they might add some new rules or limits to your certificate. They can do this if they think it's necessary. Remember, you need to ask for this extra time before your current certificate runs out.

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Transport and travel > Air travel

27D: Medical examination, report, and disclosure, or

"Rules for getting a doctor's check before you can fly a plane"

27F: Designation of aviation examiners and medical examiners, or

"Choosing special doctors and testers for pilots and air traffic controllers"

Part 2AMedical certification

27EExpiry of medical certificate

The Director may, on receiving an application for a medical certificate from a licence holder before the expiry of his or her existing medical certificate, grant an extension of no more than 60 days from the expiry date of the licence holder's existing medical certificate with any additional conditions, restrictions, or endorsements as the Director considers necessary.

Notes

Section 27E: inserted, on 1 April 2002, by section 5 of the Civil Aviation (Medical Certification) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 87).