This page provides links to drafts of the Civil Aviation Rules which will come into effect on 5 April 2025, under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (the 2023 Act).
These drafts are being provided now to give aviation participants visibility of the proposed realigned rules prior to them being finalised.
All Civil Aviation Rules need to be realigned to the 2023 Act. The Act provides a prescriptive process for doing this which means that significant policy changes impacting sector participants, have not been made as part of this work.
The goal is for the rules to align with the 2023 Act without changing the intent or impacting certificated participants’ compliance.
If you see any technical errors, let us know by 9am, 29 October 2024. We can then make any corrections prior to the rules being certified by the Minister.
You can find an overview of the rules realignment, including the standard changes common to all rules here:
Overview of rules realignment for Civil Aviation Act 2023 [PDF 313 KB]
The overview document explains the types of changes made to the rules for realignment. Most rules have just minor changes to support accuracy, coherency and changes in technology (i.e. typos, errors and other minor changes that don’t require policy thinking).
In practice, this means that:
There are some exceptions to the above list and other non-standard changes, where these have been made, are explained at the beginning of each draft rule document.
The draft rule parts linked below incorporate summaries of changes which are specific to that rule part and are beyond those outlined in the overview document.
If you see anything you believe is a technical error, please fill in this form to let us know.
Part 1 Definitions and Abbreviations [PDF 1.8 MB]
Part 12 Accidents, Incidents, and Statistics [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 19 Transition Rules [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 21 Certification of Products and Parts [PDF 1.8 MB]
Part 26 Additional Airworthiness Requirements [PDF 1.3 MB]
Part 39 Airworthiness Directives [PDF 915 KB]
Part 43 General Maintenance Rules [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 47 Aircraft Registration and Marking [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 61 Pilot Licences and Ratings [PDF 2.2 MB]
Part 63 Flight Engineer Licences and Ratings [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 65 Air Traffic Service Personnel Licences and Ratings [PDF 1.3 MB]
Part 66 Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Licensing [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 67 Medical Standards and Certification [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 71 Designation and Classification of Airspace [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 77 Objects and Activities Affecting Navigable Airspace [PDF 2 MB]
Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules [PDF 2.9 MB]
Part 92 Carriage of Dangerous Goods [PDF 1.9 MB]
Part 93 Special Aerodrome Traffic Rules and Noise Abatement Procedures [PDF 1.7 MB]
Part 95 Instrument Flight Procedures - Registration [PDF 1001 KB]
Part 100 Safety Management [PDF 876 KB]
Part 102 Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certification [PDF 1.3 MB]
Part 103 Microlight Aircraft Operating Rules [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 104 Gliders Operating Rules [PDF 1.1 MB]
Part 105 Parachuting Operating Rules [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 106 Hang Gliders Operating Rules [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 108 Air Operator Security Programme [PDF 1.1 MB]
Part 109 Regulated Air Cargo Agent - Certification [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 115 Adventure Aviation Certification and Operations [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 119 Air Operator Certification [PDF 1.8 MB]
Part 121 Air Operations Large Aeroplanes [PDF 2.8 MB]
Part 125 Air Operations Medium Aeroplanes [PDF 2.4 MB]
Part 129 Foreign Air Transport Operator Certification [PDF 1.4 MB]
Part 133 Helicopter External Load Operations [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 135 Air Operations Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes [PDF 2.3 MB]
Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 139 Aerodromes Certification, Operation and Use [PDF 2.2 MB]
Part 140 Aviation Security Service Organisations Certification [PDF 2.1 MB]
Part 141 Aviation Training Organisations Certification [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 145 Aircraft Maintenance Organisations Certification [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 146 Aircraft Design Organisations Certification [PDF 1.4 MB]
Part 147 Maintenance Training Organisations Certification [PDF 1.4 MB]
Part 148 Aircraft Manufacturing Organisations Certification [PDF 1.4 MB]
Part 149 Aviation Recreation Organisations Certification [PDF 1.4 MB]
Part 157 Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Aerodromes [PDF 1.2 MB]
Part 171 Aeronautical Telecommunication Services - Operation and Certification [PDF 1.6 MB]
Part 172 Air Traffic Service Organisations Certification [PDF 2.1 MB]
Part 173 Instrument Flight Procedure Service Organisation - Certification and Operation [PDF 1.5 MB]
Part 174 Aviation Meteorological Service Organisations Certification [PDF 1.7 MB]
Part 175 Aeronautical Information Service Organisations Certification [PDF 1.5 MB]
There is a moratorium on remaking rules while the realignment occurs. However, the policy work required to remake rules continues. We will be in a position to progress a number of rule changes shortly after 5 April 2025. As well, the team working on the rules realignment, is capturing issues outside the realignment scope, so they can also be progressed once the process is completed.