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(a) Each NOTAM must be allocated a serial number by the NOTAM Office in either an A series or a B series. The serial number within each series must be consecutive and based on the calendar year.
(b) The A series of NOTAM must only contain aeronautical information that —
(1) is operationally significant to operators operating within the New Zealand FIR; and
(2) is not published in the B series of NOTAM.
(c) The B series of NOTAM must contain aeronautical information that is operationally significant to international operators operating in —
(1) the New Zealand FIR; and
(2) the areas of the Auckland Oceanic FIR in which New Zealand is responsible for air traffic services.
(d) Each NOTAM must be brief, deal with only 1 subject, and be compiled so that its meaning is clear without reference to another document.
(e) If a NOTAM contains information that requires an amendment to the AIPNZ or an AIP Supplement, the NOTAM must contain a crossreference to the affected AIPNZ text or AIP Supplement.
(f) If a NOTAM is issued which cancels or supersedes a previous NOTAM, the serial number of the previous NOTAM must be specified.
(g) If an error is detected in a NOTAM, a replacement NOTAM which cancels the original must be issued.
(h) Location indicators included in the text of a NOTAM must conform to those approved by ICAO.
(i) A curtailed form of location indicator must not be used.
(j) If no location indicator is assigned to the location, the name of the place, spelt in accordance with rule 175.61(b)(9), must be entered in the text of the NOTAM.
(k) The NOTAM checklist required under rule 175.105(6) must —
(1) refer to the latest AIP Amendments, AIP Supplements and the internationally distributed AIC; and
(2) have the same distribution as the actual NOTAM series to which the checklist refers and must be clearly identified as a checklist.
(l) Each NOTAM in the B series must be prepared and composed in a manner suitable for international distribution.
(a) Each NOTAM must —
(1) where possible, be transmitted as a single telecommunication message; and
(2) be distributed to addressees to whom the information is of direct operational significance, and who would not otherwise have at least seven days prior notification.
(b) The A series of NOTAM must be distributed within New Zealand.
(c) The B series of NOTAM must be distributed within New Zealand and to those international NOTAM offices with whom agreements have been established under 175.105(3).
(d) The AFTN must be employed for NOTAM distribution, whenever practicable.
(e) When a NOTAM exchanged under the agreement established under 175.105(3), is sent by means other than the AFTN, a six-digit date-time group indicating the date and time of filing the NOTAM and the identification of the originator must precede the text of the NOTAM.
(f) A predetermined distribution system for NOTAM transmitted on the AFTN must be used, whenever possible, subject to the agreements established under 175.105(3) with other international NOTAM offices.
