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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Offences and penalties - General offences

52A: Failure to notify emergency breach of Act or regulations or rules

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"Pilots must report when they break rules in emergencies"

If you are a pilot in charge of an aircraft, you need to tell someone if you break the rules during an emergency. This is part of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 in New Zealand. If you don't tell someone about breaking the rules without a good reason, you might have to pay up to $5,000. The specific rule you need to follow is in section 13A(6) of the Act. This section talks about what you need to do if you break any rules during an emergency situation.

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Part 5Offences and penalties
General offences

52AFailure to notify emergency breach of Act or regulations or rules

  1. Every pilot-in-command commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with section 13A(6) (which relates to the notification of breaches of this Act or regulations or rules made under this Act that are committed during an emergency).

Notes
  • Section 52A: inserted, on , by section 27 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 75).
  • Section 52A: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 52A: amended, on , by section 12 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 15).