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This Subpart prescribes limitations on the operation of civil aircraft in New Zealand in respect to aircraft noise and engine emission.
(a) A person must not operate an aircraft to or from an aerodrome within New Zealand, unless —
(1) for New Zealand registered aircraft, the Director is satisfied that the aircraft complies with the applicable aircraft noise standards specified in Appendix C to Part 21; and
(2) for foreign registered aircraft, that aircraft is certificated or validated by the State of Registry to comply with standards that are equivalent to the applicable aircraft noise standards specified in ICAO Annex 16, Volume I.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person may not operate a subsonic turbojet or turbofan powered aeroplane to or from an aerodrome within New Zealand unless that aeroplane is certificated to comply with noise standards that are at least equal to the aircraft noise standards specified in ICAO Annex 16, Volume I, Chapter 3.
(a) A person must not operate an aircraft at a Mach number greater than 0.92 unless approved by the Director and in compliance with any conditions and limitations specified in the approval.
(b) A person must not operate an aircraft that has a maximum operating speed in excess of a Mach number of 0.92 within the territorial limits of New Zealand unless the information that is available to the pilot-in-command includes flight limitations to ensure that flights entering or leaving New Zealand do not cause a sonic boom to reach the surface within New Zealand.
(c) A pilot-in-command of an aircraft that has a maximum operating speed in excess of a Mach number of 0.92 must comply with the flight limitations required under paragraph (b).
A person must not operate a turbojet or turbofan powered aircraft to or from an aerodrome within New Zealand unless —
(1) for New Zealand registered aircraft, the Director is satisfied that the aircraft complies with the applicable aircraft engine emission standards specified in Appendix C to Part 21; and
(2) for foreign registered aircraft, that aircraft is certificated or validated by the State of Registry to comply with standards that are equivalent to the applicable aircraft engine emission standards specified in ICAO Annex 16, Volume II.
