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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND ACCESS TO AERODROMES AND FACTORIES.

11. (1) Any person authorized by the Minister for the purpose shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to any aerodrome for the purpose of inspecting the same, or to any place to which access is necessary, for the purpose of carrying out his powers and duties under these regulations.

(2) All military aircraft belonging to or employed in the service of the New Zealand Government shall have at all reasonable times the right of access to any licensed aerodrome, subject to the conditions of the licence.

(3) During the construction of an aircraft for which a certificate of airworthiness is desired, any person authorized by the Minister shall at all times during working-hours have the right of access for the purposes of inspection to that portion of the shops in which the parts are being manufactured or assembled and to drawings of the parts under inspection whether at the works of the main contractor or of sub-contractors.

GENERAL SAFETY PROVISIONS.

12. (1) No person shall fly an aircraft over any city or town in New Zealand except at such altitude as will enable the aircraft to land outside the city or town should the means of propulsion fail through mechanical breakdown or other cause : Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any area comprised within a circle with a radius of one mile from the centre of a licensed aerodrome or a New Zealand Air Force aerodrome.

(2) An aircraft in or over New Zealand shall not—

(a) Be used by any person to carry out any acrobatics or exhibition flying over any city or town or populous district ; or

(b) Be used by any person to carry out any acrobatics or exhibition flying over any regatta, race meeting, or meeting for public games or sports, except where specially arranged for in writing by the promoters of such regatta or meeting and approved in writing by the Controller of Civil Aviation ; or

(c) Be flown by any person in such circumstances as, by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings or for any other reason, to cause unnecessary danger to any person or property on land or water.

(d) No aircraft shall be flown by any person unless the control column in the dual control seat has been removed and the dual rudder bar disconnected, unless such aircraft is used for instructional purposes and is in charge of a duly approved flying instructor, or the passenger and pilot’s seats are occupied by “B” licence pilots.

In the case of aircraft where the dual rudder bar cannot be disconnected a suitable cover which will allow for the movement of the rudder bar must be provided, to prevent interference with the dual control.

(3) No person shall commit any act, whether by interference with the pilot or a member of the operative crew, or by tampering with the aircraft or its equipment, or by disorderly conduct or by any other means, likely to imperil the safety of any aircraft, its passengers, or crew.

SMOKING IN AIRCRAFT.

13. No person shall smoke in any aircraft registered in New Zealand unless and except in so far as smoking in that aircraft is permitted by a notice exhibited by the owner of the aircraft in a prominent place therein.

A notice permitting smoking in any aircraft may only be exhibited therein if and in so far as smoking in the aircraft is permitted by the certificate of airworthiness of the aircraft or by the direction of the Minister.

The owner of every passenger aircraft registered in New Zealand shall exhibit in a prominent place in the aircraft a notice stating whether and to what extent smoking is prohibited or permitted therein.

POWER TO PREVENT FLIGHTS IN CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATIONS.

14. Where it appears to any person authorized in writing by the Minister for the purpose of this regulation that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in such circumstances that the flight would be in contravention of any of the provisions of subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1) of clause 5, or subparagraphs (i) of paragraph (1) of clause 6, or clause 23 of these regulations, or in such circumstances as to infringe any other provision of these regulations, and to be a cause of danger to persons in the aircraft or to persons or property on the ground, the person so authorized may give such directions and take such steps by way of detention of the aircraft or otherwise in relation thereto as appears to him to be necessary in order to prevent the flight, and without prejudice to any provisions of these regulations with respect to the obstruction of authorized persons, any person acting in contravention of any directions given under this regulation shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of these regulations.

DRUNKENNESS OF PILOTS, ETC.

15. A person acting as, or carried in an aircraft for the purpose of acting as, pilot, commander, navigator, engineer, or operative member of the crew thereof, shall not while so acting or carried be in a state of intoxication or in a state of health in which by reason of his having taken or used any sedative, narcotic, or stimulant drug or preparation his capacity so to act is impaired, and no other person while in a state of intoxication shall enter or be in any aircraft.

DROPPING OF ARTICLES FROM AIRCRAFT.

16. No person shall drop or cause or permit to be dropped from an aircraft flying within New Zealand any article except :—

(a) Fine sand or clean water constituting ballast.

(b) Chemical substances dropped for the purpose of dusting or spraying crops from aircraft which comply with the following conditions :—

(i) The aircraft shall be equipped with appliances or apparatus suitable for the operation of dusting or spraying crops.