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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Medical certification

27P: Right of appeal to District Court

You could also call this:

"You can go to court if you disagree with some health-related decisions about your flying licence"

If you're affected by a decision the Director makes about medical certification, you can appeal to the District Court. This applies to most decisions, but not all. You can appeal decisions about:

  • Whether you're medically fit to have an aviation document
  • Whether you need to take medical tests or supply medical information
  • Whether you should have restrictions on your aviation document because of your medical condition
  • Whether your medical certificate should be revoked

However, you can't appeal if the Director decides to make you take a medical assessment.

The rules for how to appeal are explained in another part of the law called section 66.

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Part 2AMedical certification

27PRight of appeal to District Court

  1. Any person affected by a decision of the Director under section 27B (other than a decision made under section 27B(5)(b)), section 27I(7), section 27I(11), section 27L, or section 27M has a right of appeal to the District Court under section 66.

Notes
  • Section 27P: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Civil Aviation (Medical Certification) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 87).
  • Section 27P: amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).