Amend an agricultural aircraft operator certificate

How to apply to amend an agricultural aircraft operator certificate.

1. Fill in the application form

Application for amendment of an air operator certificate [DOCX 248 KB]

Email your completed amendment application form and documents to certification@caa.govt.nz.

You’ll need to do so well before the proposed amendment is to apply.

Use this form to assess if you need to complete the amendment form:

Agricultural aircraft operations safety management system - amendment summary sheet [DOCX 205 KB]

If your certificate is due to expire, consider including the amendment details in your renewal application, rather than using this form.

No payment is required at the time you apply. We’ll invoice you during and at the end of the assessment for CAA’s hours taken at the CAA standard hourly rate.

2. Documents required for proposed amendments

You must also email us the documents below for proposed amendments (if required for your type of operation) with your completed application for amendment.

If your operation is a registered company, incorporated society, or limited partnership and the legal name has changed

Companies Office certificate of incorporation

Types of operation

Your documented procedures (highlight or track-change proposed amendments) for:
- Wand spraying
- Agricultural pilot training
- Agricultural pilot competency checks

Senior persons (fit and proper person (FPP) requirements)

For a proposed new senior person or proposed amendment to a current senior person’s functions and duties, either a completed FPP questionnaire or FPP declaration, and the information required:

FPP questionnaire [PDF 300 KB]

FPP declaration [PDF 162 KB]

For a proposed new chief pilot:

Nomination of agricultural chief pilot [DOCX 223 KB]

See the table below about which FPP form to use and the information required.

Note: The government agency reports can take 8 weeks or more to get.

Also check your proposed senior persons meet the qualifications and experience requirements of Part 137 Appendix C.

FPP form to use	Information required
FPP questionnaire must be completed by a senior person: who is a new senior person, or if their last FPP questionnaire is dated more than 5 years ago, or if their last FPP questionnaire is dated less than 5 years ago, but their FPP questionnaire information and required information has changed	CV Proof of identify Proof of address for service Criminal conviction check (Ministry of Justice) Traffic safety offence history report (Waka Kotahi)
FPP declaration is completed by a senior person if their last FPP questionnaire is dated less than 5 years ago and their FPP questionnaire information and required information hasn’t changed, AND either:
there’s no change to their functions and duties, or	N/A
you propose to amend their functions and duties	Updated CV

Operator safety management documentation

Your proposed safety management documentation:
- Sections amended (if one document) and highlight or track-change proposed amendments, or
- Documents amended (if separate documents) and highlight or track-change proposed amendments

Note:

You can use this form to assess if your proposed amendments affect your approval specifications or require CAA’s prior acceptance.

Agricultural aircraft operations safety management system - amendment summary sheet [DOCX 205 KB]
Your safety management documentation (which can be one document or separate documents), sets out the information required by rule 137.160, including for your system of safety management under rule 100.3.

Read advisory circular AC100-1 Safety management.

3. We may require a site inspection

Depending on your proposed amendments, we may require a site inspection.

Make sure your documents are available and up-to-date, and if there are proposed amendments to senior persons, make sure they are available to be interviewed. Your senior persons must fully understand the functions and duties of their role and your organisation’s safety management documentation.