Civil Aviation Act 2023

Functions, powers, and duties of participants in civil aviation system - Registries and information services

38: Civil Aviation Records

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"Important aviation documents and information that the Civil Aviation Authority must keep and share with you"

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) must keep and let you access the Civil Aviation Records as required. You can think of the Civil Aviation Records as a big collection of important documents and information about aviation in New Zealand. The CAA must record and keep copies of many things in the Civil Aviation Records.

The CAA must keep things like every current aviation document, Australian AOC with ANZA privileges, and the New Zealand Register of Aircraft in the Civil Aviation Records. They must also keep information provided under section 73 by someone who wants or already has an aviation document. The CAA must keep accident and incident notifications given under section 49, airworthiness directives issued by the Director under section 429, and delegations granted in writing.

The CAA must make the documents in the Civil Aviation Records available to you in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982. This means you can look at the documents for free and the CAA can provide you with copies. However, the CAA does not have to make information available if it can be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 or the Privacy Act 2020.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties of participants in civil aviation system
Registries and information services

38Civil Aviation Records

  1. The CAA must maintain and provide access to the Civil Aviation Records in accordance with prescribed requirements (if any).

  2. Copies or appropriate evidence of the following must be recorded and maintained in the Civil Aviation Records:

  3. every current aviation document:
    1. every Australian AOC with ANZA privileges:
      1. the New Zealand Register of Aircraft:
        1. all information provided under section 73 by an applicant for, or a holder of, an aviation document:
          1. any material incorporated into secondary legislation by reference under section 428:
            1. every accident and incident notification given under section 49:
              1. every airworthiness directive issued by the Director under section 429:
                1. every delegation, authorisation, and exemption granted in writing under this Act:
                  1. the address for service of every current applicant for an aviation document and of every current aviation document holder:
                    1. all information provided under section 39:
                      1. the current engagement charter:
                        1. a reviewer’s report under section 447(5):
                          1. a final decision made by the Director under section 448.
                            1. Documents kept in the Civil Aviation Records must be made available by the CAA, in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982,—

                            2. for inspection by the public free of charge; and
                              1. for copying in accordance with that Act.
                                1. Nothing in subsection (3) requires the CAA to make available information that may be withheld in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 or the Privacy Act 2020.

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