Rules Development
Whether aviation is your business or your pleasure, the moment you enter the aviation world you must work within the Civil Aviation Rules. There are many Rules, and they all serve the same purpose - aviation safety. Everyone in aviation - a student pilot, engineer, air traffic controller, aircraft owner, builder, importer or a member of any one of the dozens of support organisations - needs to know the Rules that apply to them.
Rules state the minimum levels of safety, and if you are not operating at or above those levels - you are breaking the law. The Rules set a standard so that everyone in aviation can have a shared understanding of the right way to operate. Everyone in the aviation industry needs to be able to count on their colleagues to protect their livelihoods, reputations and lives, by complying to the Rules.
The CAA offers a FREE notification service that will send you an email alerting you to some changes relating to rules, airspace, and airworthiness. This is provided as a helpful aid – you should not rely on any such service for compliance – email is too unreliable for that.
Current Rules
- Rules Index (An index to each Part showing Amendments as well as the CAA consolidations)
- Rules - Quick Index (A one page index with links directly to the CAA consolidations for each Part)
- Emergency rules
- Advisory Circulars (ACs)
- Exemptions
- Petitions for Rule Making
- Guide to the Rules
Rule Development
- Civil Aviation Rules Register Information Leaflet (CARRIL)
- Issue Assessment Groups
- Rule Project Scope Statements
- Project Working Groups
- Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) Open for Submissions
- Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) Closed for Submissions
- Pending Rules
- Draft Advisory Circulars
Rule Development Process
- Aviation Community Advisory Group (ACAG)
- Key Documents
- Terms of Reference for Participating Groups
- Charts
- Scholtens Report
Supporting Information
- CAA Policy
- Airworthiness Directives
- New Zealand Technical Standard Orders (NZTSO)
- Fees, charges & levies
- Forms