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Part 21 Certification of Products and Parts

The objective of Part 21 is to ensure that aircraft products and parts meet and maintain the applicable airworthiness standards to ensure the continued safe operation of aircraft in New Zealand.

Part 21 provides rules related to:

  • the type certification of a product to be manufactured in New Zealand,
  • the type acceptance certification of a product to be imported into New Zealand,
  • the airworthiness certification of an aircraft,
  • the approval or authorisation of a design change, material, part, process, appliance, technical data, and a critical part,
  • the issue of a document for the export of a product, critical part, or appliance, and
  • the identification of a product or a critical part.

Download the PDF version of the Part 21 consolidation [PDF 439 KB] or browse the content below.

Consolidations of the Civil Aviation Rules are for reference – they are not the official versions of the rules – to view those, see 'history of amendments'.

The history of amendments below, when expanded, shows copies of the original issue, amendments, and re-issues of this Part. Other legislative changes shown are for reference – to view the full version of the relevant amendment Act, see www.legislation.govt.nz(external link)

View Part 21 Certification of Products and Parts

 

Amendment Effective date NPRM Summary of submissions
Initial issue [PDF 1 MB] 5 April 2025    

For an archived version, which includes history of amendments under the 1990 Act, please see Part 21 archived.

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