Pursuant to section 77B (1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, and in accordance with section 77B (1) (b) (ii) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, I hereby direct that:
When carrying out its function of crew, passenger
and carry-on baggage screening, pursuant to the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and Civil Aviation Rule 140,
the Aviation Security Service shall also perform the following function, effective from 1 October 2005, to undertake reasonable searches, if necessary, for the following items:
Category 1: Firearms, guns and weapons
? Air pistols, rifles and pellet guns.
? All firearms (pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns etc.).
? Animal humane killers.
? Ball bearing guns.
? Catapults.
? Component parts of firearms (excluding telescopic sighting devices and sights).
? Cross bows.
? Harpoon and spear guns.
? Industrial bolt and nail guns.
? Lighters shaped like a firearm.
? Replica and imitation firearms.
? Signal flare pistols.
? Starter pistols.
? Stun or shocking devices e.g. cattle prods, ballistic conducted energy weapons (taser).
? Toy guns of all types.
Category 2: Pointed/edged weapons and sharp objects
? Axes and hatchets.
? Arrows and darts.
? Crampons.
? Harpoons and spears.
? Ice axes and ice picks.
? Ice skates.
? Lockable or flick knives with blades of any length.
? Knives, both real and ceremonial knives, with blades of more than 6cm, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon.
? Meat cleavers.
? Machetes.
? Open razors and blades (not safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge).
? Sabres, swords and swordsticks.
? Scalpels.
? Scissors – blades more than 6cm (blunt or rounded ended scissors less than 6cm allowed).
? Ski and walking/hiking poles.
? Throwing stars.
? Tradesman’s tools that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon, e.g. drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners and blow torches.
Category 3: Blunt instruments
? Baseball and softball bats.
? Billiard, snooker and pool cues.
? Clubs or batons – rigid or flexible e.g. billy clubs, blackjacks, night sticks and batons.
? Cricket bats.
? Fishing rods.
? Golf clubs.
? Hockey sticks.
? Kayak and canoe paddles.
? Lacrosse sticks.
? Martial arts equipment e.g. knuckledusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails, num chucks, kubatons and kubasaunts.
? Skateboards.
Category 4: Explosives and flammable substances
? Aerosol spray paint.
? Alcoholic beverages exceeding 70% by volume (140% proof).
? Ammunition.
? Blasting caps.
? Detonators and fuses.
? Explosives and explosive devices.
? Fireworks, flares in any form and other pyrotechnics (including party poppers and toy caps).
? Flammable liquid fuel e.g. petrol/gasoline, diesel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol.
? Gas and gas containers e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen – in large volume.
? Grenades of all types.
? Mines and other explosive military stores.
? Non-safety matches.
? Replica or imitation explosive material or devices.
? Smoke generating canisters or cartridges.
? Turpentine and paint thinner.
Category 5: Chemical and toxic substances
? Acids and alkali e.g. spillable “wet” batteries.
? Corrosive or bleaching substances e.g. mercury, chlorine.
? Disabling or incapacitating sprays e.g. mace, pepper spray and tear gas.
? Fire extinguishers.
? Infectious or biological hazardous material e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses.
? Material capable of spontaneous ignition or combustion.
? Poisons.
? Radioactive material e.g. medicinal or commercial isotopes.
This Direction is available for inspection at the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, 10 Hutt Road,
Petone, and may be downloaded from the CAA web site:
www.caa.govt.nz
or may be purchased from The Colour Guy, Free Phone 0800 438 785.
Dated at Petone this 23rd day of September 2005.
JOHN GEORGE JONES, Director of Civil Aviation.