47.53 Application for registration and grant of certificate

• (a) An application for the registration of an aircraft and for the grant of a New Zealand certificate of registration must be made by, or on behalf of--
  • (1) the person who is lawfully entitled to the possession of the aircraft for 28 days or longer; or
  • (2) the person who, on a date specified in the application, will be lawfully entitled to the possession of the aircraft for 28 days or longer.
• (b) The applicant must complete form CAA 24047/01, which requires--
  • (1) the manufacturer, model and serial number of the aircraft; and
  • (2) the name and address for service in New Zealand of the person specified in paragraph (a)(1) or (2); and
  • (3) such further particulars relating to the aircraft and the person specified in paragraph (a)(1) or (2) as may be required by the Director as indicated on the form--
  and submit it to the Director with a payment of the appropriate application fee prescribed by regulations made under the Act.
• (c) The Director may require the applicant, or the person on whose behalf the application is made, to produce all or any of the following, as may be reasonable in the circumstances:
  • (1) evidence of the manufacturer, model and serial number of the aircraft:
  • (2) evidence of the identity of the person specified in paragraph (a)(1) or (2):
  • (3) a statutory declaration by the person specified in paragraph (a)(1) or (2) that that person is, or on a date specified in the application will be, lawfully entitled to the possession of the aircraft for 28 days or longer.
• (d) An applicant applying under this rule for the registration of an aircraft and for the grant of a New Zealand certificate of registration for an aircraft that, in accordance with Part 21, has, or is to be issued with, a special category­exhibition airworthiness certificate or a special category­ limited airworthiness certificate must provide the Director with the details required by rule 47.55(d) for the operator statement.