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(a) An applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must employ, contract, or otherwise engage—
(1) a senior person identified as the chief executive who has the authority within the applicant’s organisation to ensure that every meteorological service listed in its exposition can be financed and carried out to meet the operational requirements, and the requirements and standards prescribed by this Part; and
(2) a senior person or persons ultimately responsible to the chief executive who are responsible for—
(i) ensuring that the organisation complies with its exposition; and
(ii) the system for safety management required under rule 174.77; and
(3) sufficient personnel to plan, operate, supervise, inspect, and certify the meteorological offices and facilities and provide the meteorological services listed in the applicant’s exposition.
(aa) The senior person required by paragraph (a)(2)(ii) must be able to demonstrate competency and experience relevant to the management of safety systems and the activities of the certificate holder.
(b) The applicant must—
(1) establish a procedure to assess the competence of those personnel who are authorised by the applicant to—
(i) place facilities listed in the applicant's exposition into operational service; and
(ii) supervise the production and release of meteorological information; and
(2) establish a procedure to maintain the competence of those authorised personnel; and
(3) provide those authorised personnel with written evidence of the scope of their authorisation.
Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures to ensure that—
(1) each of the meteorological offices and facilities listed in their exposition is—
(i) sited and configured in accordance with security measures designed to prevent unlawful or accidental interference; and
(ii) provided with suitable power supplies and means to ensure appropriate continuity of service; and
(2) each of the remote weather sensing facilities listed in their exposition is installed and maintained in a technically appropriate position to ensure that the facility provides an accurate representation of the local meteorological conditions.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish communication systems and procedures to ensure that each of the meteorological offices and facilities listed in the applicant's exposition can provide the meteorological information for which it is intended.
(b) The communication systems and procedures must be able to handle the volume and nature of the meteorological information being communicated so that no meteorological information is delayed to the extent that the information becomes out-of-date.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures to obtain input meteorological information appropriate for the meteorological services being provided.
(b) The procedures must ensure that—
(1) each meteorological office and facility listed in the applicant's exposition that provides a forecast service has continuing access to appropriate historical, real-time, and other meteorological information for the applicant's forecast areas; and
(2) each meteorological office and facility listed in the applicant's exposition that provides a meteorological briefing service in person or by any other interactive visual means, has adequate display and briefing resources available for the briefings; and
(3) each meteorological office and facility listed in the applicant's exposition that provides a meteorological reporting service has adequate observing systems to supply adequate, accurate and timely meteorological reports; and
(4) each meteorological office listed in the applicant's exposition that provides a meteorological watch service has adequate meteorological information to supply an adequate, accurate and timely meteorological watch service; and
(5) each meteorological office and facility listed in the applicant's exposition that provides a climatology service has adequate meteorological information for the preparation of climatological information.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must—
(1) identify the output meteorological information provided by each meteorological service listed in their exposition; and
(2) determine the standards and formats for that output meteorological information.
(b) The applicant must establish procedures to ensure that the meteorological information supplied by each meteorological office and facility listed in their exposition complies with the standards and formats determined under paragraph (a)(2).
Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures to ensure that all electronic data processing facilities used in the acquisition, compilation, computing, access or dissemination of meteorological information are of a nature, configuration and capability to ensure the adequacy, accuracy and timeliness of that meteorological and related information.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must hold copies of meteorological office manuals, facility manuals, technical standards and practices, procedures manuals, and any other documentation that is necessary for the provision of the meteorological services listed in their exposition.
(b) The applicant must establish a procedure to control the documentation required by paragraph (a). The procedure must ensure that—
(1) the documentation is reviewed and authorised by appropriate personnel before issue; and
(2) current issues of relevant documentation are available to personnel at all locations where they need access to such documentation for the provision of the meteorological services listed in the applicant's exposition; and
(3) obsolete documentation is promptly removed from all points of issue or use; and
(4) changes to documentation are reviewed and approved by appropriate personnel; and
(5) the current version of each item of documentation can be identified to preclude the use of out-of-date editions.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures for—
(1) the routine verification of meteorological information obtained and provided by the applicant; and
(2) the periodic inspection of each meteorological office listed in the applicant's exposition; and
(3) the periodic inspection, testing and calibration of each facility listed in the applicant's exposition.
(b) The procedures must ensure that—
(1) the systems required for the routine verification of meteorological information have the capability and integrity necessary for verifying the meteorological information; and
(2) appropriate inspection equipment and systems are available to personnel for the inspection of each meteorological office; and
(3) appropriate inspection, measuring and test equipment and systems are available to personnel for the inspection, testing and calibration of each facility; and
(4) the inspection, measuring and test equipment and systems have the precision and accuracy necessary for the inspections, measurements and tests being carried out; and
(5) all meteorological sensing facilities are calibrated and configured so that the environmental sensors fitted or incorporated yield, as far as possible, reliable, accurate and representative meteorological information.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures for—
(1) the release of meteorological information from each meteorological office listed in their exposition; and
(2) the placing of facilities listed in their exposition into operational service.
(b) The procedures must ensure that persons authorised to supervise the production and release of meteorological information and persons authorised to place meteorological facilities into operational service have been assessed as competent under the procedures required by 174.51(b).
(a) An applicant for a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures to notify the users of the applicant's meteorological services of relevant operational information and of any change in the operational status of each meteorological office or facility listed in the applicant's exposition
(b) The applicant must ensure that the procedures established under paragraph (a) require—
(1) the operational information for each of the applicant's meteorological services that support the New Zealand air navigation system or an air traffic service to be forwarded to the Aeronautical Information Service for publication in the Aeronautical Information Publication New Zealand; and
(2) the users of a meteorological office or facility to be notified without delay of any change in the operational status of the meteorological office or facility if the change may affect the safety of air navigation. For those meteorological offices and facilities published in the Aeronautical Information Publication New Zealand, the information concerning any change to their operational status must be forwarded to the Aeronautical Information Service for the issue of a NOTAM.
(a) Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures for checking the adequacy, accuracy and timeliness of any of their meteorological information that may have been used by an aircraft or an air traffic service involved in an accident or incident.
(b) The procedures must ensure that—
(1) the checks are carried out as soon as practicable after notification to the applicant's organisation of such an accident or incident; and
(2) copies of the meteorological information are kept in a secure place for possible use by any subsequent investigation.
Each applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures—
(1) to identify, record, notify, investigate and rectify any report of erroneous meteorological information; and
(2) to identify, record, notify, investigate and rectify any detected malfunction in the facilities and meteorological services listed in their exposition that may result in the supply of erroneous meteorological information; and
(3) to notify without delay all users that have received the erroneous meteorological information; and
(4) to notify the Director, within 12 hours, of those malfunctions that cannot be remedied within 72 hours; and
(5) for the continuation of malfunction status reports in the event that such reports are required by the Director.
(a) An applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish procedures to identify, collect, index, store, maintain and dispose of the records that are necessary for the supply of the meteorological services listed in the exposition.
(b) The procedures must ensure that—
(1) there is a record of the input meteorological information obtained under the procedures required by rule 174.57; and
(2) there is a record of all output meteorological information identified under rule 174.59; and
(3) the records specified in paragraph (b)(1) and (2) are retained for a period of at least 60 days or for such longer period as may be required by the Director; and
(4) there is a record for each meteorological office and facility listed in the applicant's exposition, in order to document the performance of each meteorological office and facility and to provide a traceable history of its maintenance, service and product quality, its periodic inspections, and the persons responsible for each of these activities; and
(5) there is a record of the equipment and systems used for verification, inspection, testing and calibration under the procedures required by rule 174.65. The record must provide a traceable history of the location, maintenance, and calibration checks for the equipment and systems; and
(6) there is a record of each occurrence of erroneous meteorological information reported and of each malfunction detected under the procedures required by rule 174.73. The record must detail the nature of the erroneous meteorological information or malfunction and the findings of the investigation and the followup corrective actions; and
(7) Reserved
(8) there is a record for each person who is authorised by the applicant to supervise the production and release of meteorological information and for each person who is authorised by the applicant to place facilities into operational service. The record must include details of their experience, qualifications, training and current authorisations; and
(9) all records are legible, and of a permanent nature; and
(10) all records other than those required by paragraph (b)(1) and (2) are retained for at least one year, or for such longer period as may be required by the Director, in order to establish a history of the performance of the meteorological services.
An applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must establish, implement, and maintain a system for safety management in accordance with rule 100.3.
(a) An applicant for the grant of a meteorological service certificate must provide the Director with an exposition that contains—
(1) a statement signed by the chief executive on behalf of the applicant’s organisation confirming that the exposition and any included manuals—
(i) define the organisation and demonstrate its means and methods for ensuring ongoing compliance with this Part; and
(ii) are to be complied with at all times; and
(1A) the documentation required by rule 100.3(b) to establish and maintain the system for safety management; and
(1B) if a DAMP is required (see rule 99.5 and section 114 of the Act) a DAMP meeting the requirements of Part 99 and of the Act; and
(2) the titles and names of the senior person or persons required by rules 174.51(a)(1) and (2); and
(3) the duties and responsibilities of the senior person or persons required by rules 174.51(a)(1) and (2) including—
(i) matters for which they have a responsibility to deal directly with the Director or the Authority on behalf of the organisation; and
(ii) responsibilities for safety management; and
(4) an organisation chart showing lines of responsibility of the senior person or persons required by rules 174.51(a)(1) and (2); and
(5) a summary of the applicant's staffing structure at each meteorological office listed under paragraph (a)(7)(i); and
(5A) information identifying the lines of safety responsibility within the organisation; and
(6) a list of the meteorological services to be covered by the certificate; and
(7) a list providing—
(i) the location of each meteorological office operated by the applicant; and
(ii) the location of each facility operated by the applicant that provides meteorological information directly to the users; and
(iii) the meteorological services provided by each of those meteorological offices and facilities; and
(iv) the locations and airspace covered by such meteorological services; and
(8) details of the applicant's output meteorological information identified under rule 174.59(a)(1) and the standards and formats for that information determined under rule 174.59(a)(2); and
(9) details of the applicant's procedures and systems required by—
(i) rule 174.51(b) regarding competence of personnel; and
(ii) rule 174.53 regarding site requirements; and
(iii) rule 174.55 regarding communication requirements; and
(iv) rule 174.57 regarding meteorological service input requirements; and
(v) rule 174.59 regarding meteorological service output requirements; and
(vi) rule 174.61 regarding facility requirements; and
(vii) rule 174.63 (b) regarding control of documentation; and
(viii) rule 174.65 regarding verifications, inspections, tests and calibrations; and
(ix) rule 174.67 regarding release of meteorological information and the placing of facilities into operational service; and
(x) rule 174.69 regarding notification of meteorological office and facility status; and
(xi) rule 174.71 regarding meteorological information checks after notification of an accident or incident; and
(xii) rule 174.73 regarding malfunctions and erroneous information; and
(xiii) rule 174.75 regarding identification, collection, indexing, storage, maintenance and disposal of records; and
(10) procedures to control, amend and distribute the exposition.
(b) The applicant’s exposition must be acceptable to the Director.
