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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Unruly passenger offences - Preliminary provisions

65B: Liability for offences against this Part despite extraterritoriality

You could also call this:

"You can get in trouble for breaking aviation rules even when you're not in New Zealand"

You can be held responsible for breaking the rules in this part of the law even if you do it outside of New Zealand. If you do something on an aeroplane that's flying outside New Zealand, and that action would be against the law if you did it in New Zealand, you can still get in trouble. The law treats it as if you did it in New Zealand, even though you were somewhere else.

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Part 5AUnruly passenger offences
Preliminary provisions

65BLiability for offences against this Part despite extraterritoriality

  1. Any person who commits an act or omission on an aircraft in flight outside New Zealand that would be an offence against this Part if it occurred within New Zealand is, subject to this Act, liable as if the act or omission had occurred in New Zealand.

Notes
  • Section 65B: inserted, on , by section 28 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 8).