Civil Aviation Act 1988
27AOCs
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27 AOCs
(1) CASA may issue AOCs for the purposes of its functions. (2) Except as authorised by an AOC, by a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges that is in force for Australia (but only so far as it authorises ANZA activities in Australian territory), or by a permission under section 27A: (a) an aircraft shall not fly into or out of Australian territory; and (b) an aircraft shall not operate in Australian territory; and (c) an Australian aircraft shall not operate outside Australian territory.
Note: For when a New Zealand AOC with ANZA privileges is in force for Australia, see section 3AA.
(2AA) For the purpose of the ANZA mutual recognition agreements, CASA may issue an AOC that authorises aircraft to operate in, or fly into or out of, New Zealand, but only if the AOC also authorises aircraft to operate in, or fly into or out of, Australian territory.
Note: The kind of operations authorised by the AOC in New Zealand need not be the same kind of operations as are authorised by the AOC in Australian territory.
(2AB) Subsection (2AA) is not intended to limit the circumstances in which CASA may, otherwise than for the purpose of the ANZA mutual recognition agreements, issue an AOC that covers matters referred to in that subsection. (2AC) An AOC that is, to an extent (whether wholly or partly), issued for the purpose of the ANZA mutual recognition agreements, must be expressed to be issued for that purpose to that extent. (2A) An AOC may authorise the flying or operation of an aircraft, other than the operation of a foreign registered aircraft on regulated domestic flights, by authorising the flying or operation of aircraft included in a class of aircraft described in the AOC. (2B) An AOC may be issued only to a natural person or to a body having legal personality. (3) If a holder of an AOC makes a request in writing to CASA for the revocation of the AOC, CASA must cancel the AOC. (7) The term of an AOC shall be as determined by CASA. (8) An AOC is not transferable. (9) Subsection (2) applies only to the flying or operation of an aircraft for such purposes as are prescribed. (10) For the purpose of subsection (2A) as it applies to an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges, a foreign registered aircraft does not include an aircraft registered in New Zealand.