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This Subpart prescribes rules to allow the Director to issue a determination regarding the requirement for a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit to be published for a runway at an aerodrome, if in the interests of aviation safety or security, a standard left-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is not practicable.
The Director may issue a determination for a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit to be published for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ if the Director considers that in the interest of aviation safety or security, a standard left-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is not practicable.
(a) An operator of an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ may apply to the Director for a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determination for a runway at the aerodrome.
(b) An applicant for the issue of a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determination must provide the Director with the following:
(1) the name and contact details of the applicant:
(2) the name of the aerodrome:
(3) details of the runway that is the subject of the application including the runway designation, surface type, and any associated instrument procedures:
(4) details of any other runway on the aerodrome:
(5) details of any other aerodrome or heliport that is within 10 NM of the aerodrome:
(6) the reasons for having a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit:
(7) any other applicable information that is requested by the Director.
(c) An application for a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determination must be submitted to the Director with the payment of any applicable charge prescribed by regulations made under the Act.
(d) The application specified in paragraph (c) must be submitted not less than 90 days before the date on which the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is to come into force, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Director.
(a) Before issuing a determination that a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is required for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ, the Director must consult with such persons and organisations as the Director considers appropriate in each case.
(b) Upon issuing a determination that a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is required for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ the Director must—
(1) notify the issue of the determination in the Gazette; and
(2) enter the details of the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit in the New Zealand Air Navigation Register; and
(3) notify the aerodrome operator of the issue of the determination.
(c) The gazette notice required under paragraph (b)(1) must specify the date on which the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit comes into force.
(d) A right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit for a runway does not come into force until the date specified in the gazette notice.
(e) An aerodrome operator who is notified by the Director under paragraph (b)(3) of the issue of the determination must ensure that the applicable details for the runway and aerodrome are published in the AIPNZ.
(a) An operator of an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ may apply to the Director to withdraw a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determination for a runway at the aerodrome, if the aerodrome operator considers that the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is no longer required.
(b) If after considering aviation safety and security requirements, the Director is satisfied that a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit is no longer required for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ, the Director may withdraw the determination for the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit.
(c) After withdrawing a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determination for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ the Director must—
(1) notify the withdrawal and date of the withdrawal of the right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit in the Gazette; and
(2) amend the details of the aerodrome and the runway in the New Zealand Air Navigation Register; and
(3) notify the aerodrome operator of the withdrawal of the determination.
(d) The withdrawal of a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit comes into force on the date specified in the gazette notice.
(e) An aerodrome operator who is notified under paragraph (c)(3) that the Director has withdrawn a determination for a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit for a runway at the aerodrome, must ensure that the details for the aerodrome and the runway published in the AIPNZ are appropriately amended.
Every right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit for a runway at an aerodrome that is published in the AIPNZ immediately before 11 May 2006 continues to have effect on or after 11 May 2006 as if it were a right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit determined in accordance with this Subpart as in force on or after 11 May 2006.
