19.357 Airport identity cards

• (a) The Director may issue or approve an airport identity card or other identity document in accordance with this rule if--
  • (1) the Director has, in accordance with the Act, made a favourable security check determination of the person who has applied for the card or document; or
  • (2) the Director has decided that the person has undergone an alternative security check that is acceptable to the Director.
• (b) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (g), no person shall enter or remain in any security area or security enhanced area of any designated aerodrome or designated installation, unless that person--
  • (1) wears an airport identity card on the front of his or her outer garment; or
  • (2) has in his or her possession another identity document or other identity documents for the time being authorised under paragraph (a).
• (c) Where the Director considers it desirable that the name of the holder of an airport identity card be not disclosed, the Director may approve the wearing of an identity card from which the holder's name has been deleted.
• (d) A person who is authorised by this rule to enter a security area or security enhanced area shall remain in that area only for the purposes of his or her duties.
• (e) If required to do so by an authorised person, any person entering or in a security area or security enhanced area shall produce for inspection his or her airport identity card or other identity documents for the time being authorised under paragraph (a).
• (f) If the holder of an airport identity card ceases to be employed in a position for which the card is required, or for any other reason ceases to be entitled to hold the card, the holder shall forthwith return the card to the issuing authority.
• (g) Nothing in paragraph (b) shall apply to--
  • (1) any member of the crew of an aircraft engaged in an international service who wears on his or her outer garment an official identity card issued by his or her employer or the government of the state in which he or she permanently resides; or
  • (2) any official of a New Zealand government agency who is required, by reason of his or her official duties, to remain incognito; or
  • (3) any passenger who enters or leaves a security area or security enhanced area for the purpose of joining or leaving a flight, if he or she is in possession of a valid boarding pass for that flight or is being escorted by a crew member or a representative of the operator; or
  • (4) any pilot-in-command of an aircraft on private operations who enters or is within a security area or security enhanced area for the purpose of embarking, disembarking, or servicing the aircraft, if the pilot has in his or her possession a valid pilot licence, or any person being escorted by the pilot.
• (h) The security checks referred to in 19.357(a)(1) and (2) are not required if the person making an application for an identity card is issued with a temporary identity card approved by the Director that entitles the person to enter and remain in a security area or security enhanced area when escorted by a person issued with an airport identity card in accordance with the security check process referred to in 19.357(a)(1) and (2).