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This Part prescribes rules governing—
(1) the type certification of a product to be manufactured in New Zealand:
(2) the type acceptance certification of a product to be imported into New Zealand:
(3) the airworthiness certification of an aircraft:
(4) the approval or authorisation of a design change, material, part, process, appliance, technical data, and a critical part:
(5) the issue of a document for the export of a product, critical part, or appliance:
(6) the identification of a product or a critical part.
In this Part:
Critical part means an aircraft part for which a replacement time, inspection interval, or related procedure is specified in the Airworthiness Limitations section of a manufacturer's Maintenance Manual or Instructions for Continued Airworthiness:
Type certificate includes—
(1) the type design; and
(2) the operating limitations; and
(3) the type certificate data sheet; and
(4) the applicable airworthiness design standards specified in Appendix C; and
(5) for an aircraft type, the flight manual; and
(6) any other conditions or limitations prescribed for the product type under this Part.
Applications for certificates, approvals, or authorisations from persons located outside of New Zealand will only be considered for approval if the Director is satisfied that there is a need for the certificate, approval, or authorisation.
(a) Where the Director issues an airworthiness directive for a product under Part 39, the holder of the type certificate for the product type must —
(1) if the Director determines that design changes are necessary to correct the unsafe condition of the product, upon the Director’s request, submit appropriate design changes to the Director for approval; and
(2) upon approval of the design changes, make the descriptive data covering the changes available to all operators of the product.
(b) If there are no current unsafe conditions of the product but it is found through service experience that changes in the type certificate will contribute to the safety of the product, the holder of the type certificate for a product type must—
(1) upon the Director’s request, submit appropriate design changes to the Director for approval; and
(2) upon approval of the design changes, make the descriptive data covering the changes available to all operators of the product.
