1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
5	Decisions specified for purpose of section 443
6	Fee for application for review
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Civil Aviation (Independent Review Function) Regulations 2025.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 5 April 2025.

3 Interpretation

In these regulations, Act means the Civil Aviation Act 2023.

4 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions (if any) set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.

5 Decisions specified for purpose of section 443

The following are decisions for the purpose of paragraph (a) of the definition of decision in section 443 of the Act:

(a)

a decision to decline to register an aircraft under section 37 of the Act:

(b)

a decision concerning the grant, issue, revocation, or suspension of an aviation document:

(c)

a decision to impose conditions on an aviation document:

(d)

a decision to issue an improvement notice under section 298 of the Act (if made by the Director under the Act or a person to whom the Director has delegated functions or powers under the Act):

(e)

a decision to amend a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges or withdraw those privileges under section 93(3) of the Act:

(f)

a decision under section 322(1)(a) of the Act to exempt or decline to exempt any 1 or more named aviation participants, aeronautical products, aircraft, aerodromes, aviation-related services, or other things from 1 or more specified requirements in a regulation or rule made under the Act.

6 Fee for application for review

The fee payable for an application for review under section 446 of the Act is—

(a)

$1,000 (excluding goods and services tax) if the applicant is an individual:

(b)

$1,500 (excluding goods and services tax) in any other case.

Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

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Part 1 Provisions relating to these regulations as made

There are no transitional, savings, or related provisions in these regulations as made.

Rachel Hayward,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 5 April 2025, are made under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (the principal Act). The regulations—

specify the decisions under the principal Act for which a person may apply for a review under subpart 5 of Part 10 of the principal Act (which relates to review of Director’s decisions):
prescribe the fees for an application for review.

Regulatory impact statement

The Ministry of Transport produced a regulatory impact statement on 6 December 2024 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.

A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 March 2025.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Transport.

Civil Aviation (Independent Review Function) Regulations 2025