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A holder of an aeronautical information service certificate must —
(1) hold at least one complete and current copy of the holder’s exposition at each office listed in the exposition; and
(2) comply with all procedures and standards detailed in the exposition; and
(3) make each applicable part of the exposition available to personnel who require those parts to carry out their duties; and
(4) continue to meet the standards and comply with the requirements of Subpart B prescribed for certification under this Part; and
(5) notify the Director of any change of address for service, telephone number, or email address required by the approved CAA form within 28 days of the change.
(a) The holder of the aeronautical information service certificate for the AIP service must publish—
(1) the AIPNZ in accordance with Subpart D; and
(2) AIP Amendments in accordance with rule 175.155; and
(3) AIP Supplements in accordance with rule 175.157 for notification of—
(i) temporary changes that are effective for 3 months or longer; and
(ii) information of less than 3 months duration which contains extensive text or graphics; and
(4) the AIC in accordance with subpart E.
(b) The certificate holder must, in addition to paragraph (a)—
(1) designate an office as New Zealand’s point of contact with the aeronautical information services of other States for the interchange of the Integrated Aeronautical Information Package, except NOTAM; and
(2) make the AIPNZ, AIP Amendments, AIP Supplements and AIC available to any person upon payment of a charge that may apply to the supply of the publications; and
(3) establish a system to disseminate the AIPNZ, AIP Amendments, AIP Supplements, aeronautical charts, and AIC in accordance with rule 175.61(c)(3); and
(4) ensure that every aeronautical chart published as part of the AIPNZ conforms to the applicable standards for the charts; and
(5) coordinate the input of all aeronautical information from the originators prescribed in rule 175.59(b)(1), except—
(i) information which is of immediate operational significance necessitating the immediate issue of a NOTAM; and
(ii) temporary information of a duration of less than 3 months, that only requires the issue of a NOTAM.
The holder of the aeronautical information service certificate for the NOTAM service must —
(1) designate a NOF for New Zealand; and
(2) operate the NOF on a 24-hour basis; and
(3) establish agreements with other international NOTAM offices for the exchange of NOTAM; and
(4) ensure that —
(i) the NOF is connected to the AFTN; and
(ii) the AFTN connection provides for printed communication; and
(iii) the NOF has appropriate facilities to issue and receive NOTAM distributed by means of telecommunication; and
(5) promptly issue a NOTAM that is in accordance with Subpart F, whenever information received under 175.59 requires the issue of a NOTAM; and
(6) at intervals of not more than one month, issue a checklist over the AFTN of the NOTAM that are currently in force.
(a) A holder of an aeronautical information service certificate for a preflight information service must make available to flight operations personnel and flight crew members, aeronautical information that —
(1) is essential for the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation; and
(2) relates to the geographic area, aerodromes and air routes listed in the certificate holder’s exposition.
(b) The aeronautical information provided under paragraph (a) must include, where applicable —
(1) a summary of current NOTAM and other information of an urgent character, in a plain text PIB; and
(2) relevant elements of the integrated aeronautical information package; and
(3) relevant maps and charts; and
(4) current information relating to the aerodrome of departure concerning any of the following:
(i) construction or maintenance work on or immediately next to the manoeuvring area:
(ii) rough portions of any part of the manoeuvring area, whether marked or not, including broken parts of the surface of runways and taxiways:
(iii) presence and depth of snow, ice, or water on runways and taxiways, including their effect on surface friction:
(iv) snow, drifted or piled on or next to runways or taxiways:
(v) parked aircraft or other objects on or immediately next to taxiways:
(vi) the presence of other temporary hazards including those created by birds:
(vii) failure or irregular operation of part or all of the aerodrome lighting system including approach, threshold, runway, taxiway, and obstruction lights, and manoeuvring area unserviceability lights, and aerodrome power supply:
(viii) failure, irregular operation or changes in the operational status of air navigation facilities including ADS-B system, Multilateration Systems, ILS and markers, PSR, SSR, VOR, NDB, VHF aeromobile channels, RVR observing system, and secondary power supply.
(c) The holder of an aeronautical information service certificate for a pre-flight information service must provide for flight crew members to report post-flight information at those aerodromes listed in the certificate holder’s exposition.
(d) The holder of an aeronautical information service certificate for a pre-flight information service must forward any post-flight information reported by flight crew members under paragraph (c) concerning the state and operation of air navigation facilities, to the operator of the navigation facility.
(a) A holder of an aeronautical information service certificate must ensure that the holder’s exposition is amended so as to remain a current description of the holder’s organisation and services.
(b) The certificate holder must ensure that any amendment made to its exposition meets the applicable requirements of this Part and complies with the amendment procedures contained in its exposition.
(c) The certificate holder must forward to the Director for retention a copy of each amendment to its exposition as soon as practicable after the amendment is incorporated into its exposition; and
(d) A certificate holder must obtain the approval of the Director before changing any of the following:
(1) the chief executive:
(2) the listed senior persons:
(3) the aeronautical information services provided by the holder:
(4) the format and standards for the aeronautical information published under the authority of their certificate:
(5) the system for safety management, if the change is a material change:
(6) any DAMP, if the change is a material change.
(e) The Director may impose conditions under which a certificate holder must operate during or following any of the changes specified in paragraph (d).
(f) A certificate holder must comply with any condition imposed by the Director under paragraph (e).
(g) If any change referred to in this rule requires an amendment to the certificate, the certificate holder must forward the certificate to the Director for endorsement of the change as soon as practicable.
(h) The certificate holder must make such amendments to its exposition as the Director may consider necessary in the interests of aviation safety.
