Flight Instructors annomolies in rules

[gulfairs]

Should one read on the NZCAA web sight (caa.govt.nz) the requirements to be a category C,B,or A Cat Instructors there is a clash of rules.
The 'Consolidated rule state categorically, that to be Issued with a Flight Instructor Rating one MUST hold at least a Commercial Pilots Licence(CPL)
Unfortunately this is what most readers observe and if they are medically degraded to a PPL it is assumed that one cannot hold a A,B,or C cat instructor rating.
WRONG.
Part 61. ( not the consolidation) the Part 61 dated 01-10-1992. This has not been rescinded! States that a PPL may hold an Instructor Rating provided they have met the academic requirements of a CPL.
Quote:
(d) to be eligible for the issue of a Category B Flight Instructor Rating a person shall-
(1) be the holder of at least a current commercial pilot licence for the appropriate aircraft category except that, for aeroplane instruction a person may be the holder of a current private pilot licence (aeroplane) provided that person has complied with the written examination, training, and experience requirements prescribed for the initial issue of a commercial pilot licence (Aeroplane).........

What is the next step? could an RPL instruct if he/she had held an instructor rating but was degraded on medical grounds only (not Financial) as some CAA staff interpret the rules this is not allowed.:*

[27/09]

Are you talking about a RPL or PPL

Part 61 refers to a PPL not a RPL.

[gulfairs]

ppl, the rpl was a side issue that has not been addressed,

[Lasiorhinus]

if they are medically degraded to a PPL

Is this possible? To actually lose your license for medical reasons as opposed to being unable to exercise the privilege of your license?

What if you "lose your license" for medical reasons, and then next week get better again... do you have to go and re-sit your exams and flight test, or not? I certainly am not up to speed with the differences in Australian and New Zealand rules, but that interpretation sounds very bizzare to me.

In other words, you still hold the license, whether you are permitted to use it or not.