If your organisation moves cargo (including mail) on international passenger flights, you can apply to us for a regulated cargo agent (RACA) certificate to do so.
Our Certification teams are consistently carrying heavy workloads and because of this, you can expect delays with your application(s). To help us process your application smoother, please plan ahead, get applications in early, ensure that your applications are on the current (not outdated) forms, and that they’re complete with all appropriate information.
Application for issue, renewal or amendment of a regulated air cargo agent certificate [PDF 236 KB]
A questionnaire needs to be completed for:
FPP questionnaire [PDF 300 KB]
For more information, see Advisory Circular AC109-1 – Regulated air cargo agent - certification.
Get criminal and transport offence history reports to accompany the fit and person questionnaire.
An applicant must submit to the Director for acceptance, an exposition. More information can be found in rule 109.71.
Part 109 Regulated air cargo agent - compliance matrix [PDF 5.1 MB]
Send your completed documents to security.regulation@caa.govt.nz:
Each person in your organisation authorised to carry out security control functions, or have access to access-controlled areas, must be granted a favourable security check determination by the Director to ensure they are not a threat to aviation security. This is called a security check determination.
Your organisation may need to start getting these security check determinations before a final RACA certificate is issued. In that case, send us your completed application form with a note that your company exposition will be provided later.
We will provide you with a CAA client number so the security check determinations for authorisations under rule 109.59 can be started. However, certification will not be completed until the exposition has been accepted by the Director.
We will assess your company’s application and exposition to ensure it complies with Part 109. We may conduct interviews with the CEO and other senior persons to make sure they understand what Part 109 requires. And we may visit the access-controlled area of your facilities as part of the certification process.
If satisfied with your company’s exposition, facilities and senior persons, the Director will grant your organisation a regulated air cargo agent certificate in accordance with rule 109.9.
Initial certification lasts two years, and then your organisation will need to reapply. Certificates after the first one have a life of five years.
