This is an old Rule from the 1990 Act and is revoked under 489(3) of the Civil Aviation Act 2023.

Current Rules under the 2023 Act

Part 121 prescribes what requirements the holder of a Part 119 Airline Air Operator Certificate needs to satisfy, to conduct operations using an aircraft that has:

  1. a seating configuration of more than 30 seats, excluding any required crew member seat; or
  2. a payload capacity of more than 3410 kg.

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).

Amendment Effective date NPRM Summary of submissions
Amendment 33 [PDF 242 KB] 30 Nov 2023 NPRM [PDF 442 KB] Summary [PDF 291 KB]
Amendment 32 [PDF 242 KB] 01 Dec 2020 NPRM [PDF 482 KB] Summary [PDF 37 KB]
Amendment 31 [PDF 87 KB] 10 May 2019 NPRM [PDF 305 KB] Summary [PDF 39 KB]
Amendment 30 [PDF 76 KB] 18 May 2018 NPRM [PDF 156 KB] Summary [PDF 67 KB]
Amendment 29 [PDF 118 KB] 30 Oct 2017 NPRM [PDF 379 KB] Summary [PDF 145 KB]
Amendment 28 [PDF 73 KB] 10 Mar 2017 NPRM [PDF 539 KB] Summary [PDF 55 KB]
Amendment 27 [PDF 82 KB] 01 Feb 2016 NPRM [PDF 1.5 MB] Summary [PDF 89 KB]
Amendment 26 [PDF 178 KB] 24 Sep 2015 NPRM [PDF 352 KB] Summary [PDF 54 KB]
Amendment 25 [PDF 56 KB] 01 Aug 2015 NPRM [PDF 380 KB] Summary [PDF 76 KB]
Amendment 24 [PDF 116 KB] 01 Apr 2014    
Amendment 23 [PDF 143 KB] 16 Jan 2013    
Amendment 22 [PDF 197 KB] 06 Sep 2012    
Amendment 21 [PDF 272 KB] 01 Nov 2010    
Amendment 20 [PDF 85 KB] 25 Mar 2010    
Amendment 19 [PDF 154 KB] 23 Oct 2008    
Amendment 18 [PDF 70 KB] 22 Nov 2007    
Amendment 17 [PDF 77 KB] 25 Oct 2007    
Amendment 16 [PDF 41 KB] 30 Mar 2007    
Amendment 15 [PDF 74 KB] 01 Mar 2007    
Amendment 14 [PDF 71 KB] 12 Oct 2006    
Amendment 13 [PDF 333 KB] 22 Jun 2006    
Amendment 12 [PDF 50 KB] 11 May 2006    
Amendment 11 [PDF 67 KB] 25 Nov 2004    
Amendment 10 [PDF 146 KB] 01 Aug 2003    
Amendment 9 [PDF 124 KB] 01 Aug 2003    
Amendment 8 [PDF 130 KB] 01 Jul 2002    
Amendment 7 [PDF 36 KB] 24 Jan 2002    
Amendment 6 [PDF 77 KB] 01 Jul 2000    
Amendment 5 [PDF 1.9 MB] 30 Apr 1999    
Comparison [PDF 252 KB] 30 Apr 1999    
Amendment 4 [PDF 80 KB] 03 Nov 1998    
Amendment 3 [PDF 1.2 MB] 23 Apr 1998    
Amendment 2 [PDF 4.9 MB] 01 Apr 1998    
Amendment 1 [PDF 621 KB] 14 Nov 1995    
Original issue [PDF 922 KB] 14 Nov 1995