Pursuant to section 77B(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, I direct the Aviation Security Service to perform the functions listed in the Schedule hereto, effective from 1 April 2011.
This Direction rescinds and replaces the previous Notice of Direction to Require Screening (SR 2002/310), as notified in the Notice Under the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 published in the New Zealand Gazette, 26 September 2002, No. 143, page 3780.
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I direct the Aviation Security Service:
- in accordance with section 77B(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, to screen:
- all persons intending to travel as a passenger or crew member, and any carry on baggage to be carried, on an aircraft with a maximum certificated passenger* seating capacity of more than ninety seats, being operated as an air transport operation within New Zealand, unless the Director is satisfied that such screening is unnecessary in a particular case.
- in accordance with section 77B(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 to undertake reasonable searches, if necessary, of:
- all persons intending to travel as a passenger or crew member, and any carry on baggage to be carried, on an aircraft with a maximum certificated passenger* seating capacity of more than ninety seats, being operated as an air transport operation within New Zealand, unless the Director is satisfied that such screening is unnecessary in a particular case.
*Maximum certificated passenger seating capacity for the purpose of this Direction means the maximum passenger seating capacity approved by the relevant Type Certificate Data Sheet for a particular aircraft type.
This Direction is available for inspection at the main office of the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, and may be downloaded from the CAA website
www.caa.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 25th day of February 2011.
STEVE DOUGLAS, Director of Civil Aviation.